1.2 A Sip of Java
“New Amsterdam, madame,” replied the Prince, “and after that the Sunda Islands and beautiful Java with its sun and palm trees.”
—HENRY DE VERE STACPOOLE, The Beach of Dreams
In this section, we describe some of the characteristics of the Java language and examine a simple Java program. This introduction is simply an overview and a presentation of some terminology. We will begin to explore the details of Java in the next chapter.
History of the Java Language
Java is widely viewed as a programming language for Internet applications. However, this book, and many other people, views Java as a general-purpose programming language that can be used without any reference to the Internet. At its birth, Java was neither of these things, ...
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