Java At 30: A Retrospective On A Language That Has Made A Big Impact
InfoQ, Wednesday, May 28th, 2025
Thirty years ago, on May 23rd, 1995, at the Sun World conference in San Francisco, California, Sun Microsystems formally introduced the Java programming languag
Originally named Oak (reportedly due to the oak tree outside Gosling's office window), the creation of Java dates back to December 1990 as part of Sun's Green Project. Gosling, Patrick Naughton and Mike Sheridan wanted a language for consumer applications with requirements that it be architecture agnostic and object-oriented. In September 1992, they introduced Star7, a personal digital assistant that included a TV remote control and TV guide, among other features, that was operated through a user interface on a 5-inch screen.