WHY JAVA ??? Posted by MOHAMMED ABDUL HAMEED on 5:24 AM

Why Java?

• Similar to C++ so it is familiar to commercial programmers.

• Does not include the nasty dangerous parts of C++ so it is safe.

• Extensive run-time type information and safe dynamic link-loading is available.

• Includes string and multi-thread support in the language.

• Automatic memory management.

• Data type sizes and arithmetic behaviour are fixed and fully defined for all platforms.

• Has useful standard OO libraries.

• Documentation can be extracted from the source code.

• Security checking is built in to the libraries and virtual machine.

• Supports unicode for ease of internationalisation.

• Write once, run anywhere, any platform (no porting, no client configuration .. well almost!)

• Vast amount of supplier and programmer support and acceptance. It is unkillable.

• Loads and runs over the WWW, 40 million potential clients.