Java History Introduction!

Posted by ThomasLiao Blog on December 15, 2016

This is a short article introducing the naming history about Java.

Description

本文介绍Java的历史版本名称

Introduction

  • Java Creator James Gosling

  • What is Java:high-level programming language
    1. concurrent
    2. class-based
    3. object-oriented
  • WORA : Write once, run anywhere

Java History

This gives a brief description to all Java versions naming.

JDK Version 1.0 (January 23, 1996): Oak(橡木)

JDK Version 1.1 (February 19, 1997): Abigail [ˈæbɪˌɡel] 来源于希伯来语,含义是“教父欣喜”(father rejoiced);

J2SE Versiono 1.2 (December 8, 1998): Playground

J2SE Version 1.3 (May 8, 2000): Kestrel [ˈkɛstrəl] (产于欧洲的)茶隼(一种鹰) ;

JESE Version 1.4 (February 6, 2002): Merlin [ˈmɜ:rlɪn] 隼,灰背隼;

J2SE Version 5.0 (September 30, 2004): Tiger

Java SE 6 (December 11, 2006): Mustang [ˈmʌsˌtæŋ] 野马

Java SE 7 (July 28, 2011): Dolphin

Java SE 8 (March 18, 2014): Java 8 (The code name culture is dropped with Java 8 and so no official code name going forward from Java 8.)