The Java programming language emerged roughly 25 years ago, when Smalltalk and C++ dominated. Back then it was easy to argue that the world didn't need another object-oriented programming language.

It was never the sexiest language, but for decades Java has been a mainstay of modern technology, and it's going to be with us for years to come.

Java ranked fourth in the December 2022 Tiobe index of programming language popularity, the lowest Java has ranked in the history of the index. Topics Spotlight: New Thinking about Cloud Computing ...

On May 23, 1995, a seemingly modest programming language called Java was released by Sun Microsystems. At the time, it introduced the catchy promise of "write once, run anywhere" - a proposition ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto. The November edition of TIOBE’s top programming languages list holds a surprise: For the first time in its 20-year history, C and Java don’t occupy the top two spots ...

But 20 years ago, the language was delivered to an entirely different set of needs: a good, general-purpose language for desktop computing. Java arrived at an important moment in software development.

Java, the programming language, isn’t even 30 years old yet, but the history of the word goes back several centuries, to a time when coffee trees were plentiful in Indonesia and people were ...

Java, JavaScript and Python are invariably the three most popular programming languages in several indexes, but their exact order varies depending on how the ranking is calculated. Lately most ...