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What does "Java" stand for? Posted by enquirer (enquirer), 16 March 2004 What do the J-A-V-A of Java stand for?Posted by admin (Graham Ellis), 16 March 2004 "Java" is just a name that Sun gave to their programming language, Runtime Environment, and all the bits and pieces associate with it. Java is NOT an acronym = it does NOT stand for "Just Another ....." or anything like thatPosted by Chris_Isaac (Chris Isaac), 16 March 2004 A story I've heard, not that I've been able to confirm it but, the Java developers were trying to think of a different name from the original 'Oak', which was already taken by another department as the name for their project.They were sitting aroud drinking coffee, hence came the name Java. A good job they weren't down the pub, eitherwise it could have been called Vodca or something.. then again then again it would have been easier to name the different classes, you could have a coke class, an ice class.. ok I'l stop there... Posted by admin (Graham Ellis), 16 March 2004 Yes, it was going to be "Oak" and they were drinking coffee ... that's the way I heard it too ... This page is a thread posted to the opentalk forum
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