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Downvoted, I suspect because people don't believe Java was originally invented for STB aka Interactive TV https://www.javatpoint.com/history-of-java https://www
by captaincaveman 4y ago
Downvoted, I suspect because people don't believe Java was originally invented for STB aka Interactive TV https://www.javatpoint.com/history-of-java https://www.javatpoint.com/history-of-java
there are other references to this on the web too.
I am possibly conflating JVM with Java, however I was under the impression they was designed as one to begin with.
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- TimTheTinker 4y agoThe language, the compiler, and the JVM were developed at Sun starting in the early 90s at Sun under the leadership of James Gosling.
- salmo 4y agoGosling started more abstractly based on virtual machines he had built in the past for some pretty bizarre hardware. This was to be general-purpose. Set top boxes were a very early use case. It coincided with the boom of these types of systems that were growing past the traditional “embedded” boundaries. Gosling and the team were working on that when it was still Oak and hadn’t been branded. There’s an amazing video of him telling the story. I think it’s on YouTube.
- exikyut 4y agoWhat sort of bizarre hardware? That sounds interesting!