Some programming languages, such as Rust, Go, or TypeScript, are cool. Others, including Cobol and Java, are regarded as dull. However, while Java, which turned 30 on May 23, may not be the most ...

In the late 1990s, a well respected and visionary colleague made the surprising statement, “Java is dead.” That is probably the first time I had heard that phrase. Despite my respect for his ...

Java is not the language it used to be, and that is mostly a good thing. Here are eleven ways Java is evolving to meet the challenges of the future. Is Java ancient yet? The kind of programming ...

Oracle’s Java team sat down with me last week for a fast-moving briefing on Java 25 and the broader direction of the platform. The headline: JDK 25 is an LTS release, the second on Oracle’s new ...

TIOBE has published its latest Programming Community Index, which ranks the most popular programming languages based on data from the Internet. To compile the index, TIOBE uses search engines and ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - James Gosling, creator of the Java computer language and one of the most prominent employees in Oracle Corp's newly acquired Sun Microsystems, has resigned from Oracle. Gosling, who ...