How did and by whom did Java Come to scene..?
James Arthur Gosling
James Arthur Gosling
Born ::May 19, 1955 (age 56)
near ::Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Residence:: San Francisco Bay Area,California, United States
Nationality:: Canada
Known for:: Java programming language
Awards :: Officer of the Order of Canada
Born ::May 19, 1955 (age 56)
near ::Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Residence:: San Francisco Bay Area,California, United States
Nationality:: Canada
Known for:: Java programming language
Awards :: Officer of the Order of Canada
- In 1977, Gosling received a B.Sc in Computer Science from the University of Calgary. In 1983, he earned a Ph.D in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, and his doctoral thesis was titled "Algebraic Constraints". His thesis advisor was Raj Reddy. While working towards his doctorate, he wrote a version of Emacs (gosmacs), and before joining Sun Microsystems he built a multi-processor version of Unix while at Carnegie Mellon University, as well as several compilers and mail systems
- Between 1984 and 2010, Gosling was with Sun Microsystems. He is known as the father of the Java programming language.