One interpretation of this graph shows Java (blue) being overtaken by C (black) over the course of the decade. What this interpretation belies is the fact that Java and the C family (C, C++, and C#) ...

IN TODAY’S competitive marketplace, organizations are facing the difficult challenge of providing a broad range of electronic-business services while keeping costs down in the face of ever-compressed ...

Java and Java-related technologies continue to be introduced and continue to mature. As Java becomes more enterprise ready, as opposed to application-platform centric, we are seeing the introduction ...

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.

Java defies the hype cycle, thriving at 30 with unmatched enterprise trust, modern AI integration, and a vibrant, global developer community. In a fast-paced tech landscape where languages rise and ...

COBOL, or Common Business Oriented Language, is one of the oldest programming languages in use, dating back to around 1959. It’s had surprising staying power; according to a 2022 survey, there’s over ...

Sun Microsystems on Tuesday is broadening its Java Enterprise System network services software package, releasing middleware suites tailored to functions such as service-oriented architectures and ...

As had been anticipated, the Java Community Process (JCP) has approved the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 5 specification, Sun Microsystems said on Thursday. Sun called Java EE 5 the most ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Sun recently released the Java Platform Enterprise Edition ...

Java being fully open-sourced has been a long, long time coming. While Sun open-sourced some of Java as long ago as November 2006, actually using Java in an open-source way was… troublesome. Just ask ...