CS 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Server-Side, Sun Microsystems, Java Virtual Machine
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Designed to be simple and easy to use. Primarily for people learning how to program. Some graphing calculators have a programming language similar to basic. A previous language had been named b, for bell. Made at at&t bell labs in the 1980s. Oop is a style of programming that became popular. General-purpose language capabilities to c after c. Draws inspiration from c, c++, and java. New software is typically not written in cobol. Many legacy systems are still running cobol software. Primarily used for mac os x and ios development. Adds capabilities to easily create programs with. Windows, buttons, etc. graphical user interfaces (guis) Grammar of human languages is a bit flexible. Java language specification is a technical document that defines the syntax and semantics of java. Library contains useful and common parts of programs that other people have already written. Also called api application program interface. We can use checkout these parts and use them in our own.
