Talk:Java (programming language)

Numbering

Can there be a numbering section to explain the different versions? (Or the articles themselves clarify which version they are talking about).

The Java syntax page talks about Java 7, but I have no idea what that means. Given the Java 1.6 was launched 40 days ago, it's difficult to understand what Java 7 might be referring to. 202.122.63.112 (talk) 05:02, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

There is an entire article about Java version history: Java version history Is this what you are asking for? It is in the "See Also" section, do you have any ideas on how to make this clearer? Sabbott1877 (talk) 22:50, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Launching a Java Program

A new section explaining how to "launch" a Java program would be of benefit, with examples across the spectrum from the simple "Hello, world" example, to more complex, "real-world" examples (e.g, use as an example a popular Open Source program). I request this for "launching" a program is mentioned in the article, but no specifics are provided. At a minimum, I would hope for an example "launch" for each code piece that appears in the article. Dan Aquinas (talk) 19:32, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

RfC Doubt about Java name

About a week ago I corrected the origin of the Java name. It was said that it was from a list of random words, while the true origin is from the brand of coffee called Java. The former reference was pointing to a suspicious website, that apparently had a copy of an article extracted from a Sun employee's blog, called Jonathan.

I've got a couple of probable hypothesis:

• the creators of the previous website copied Jonathan's post, published on their site and linked wikipedia in order to increase their pagerank
• Sun's employee, Jonathan, was said to spread this false history to "change the past" and avoid legal problems with Java coffee brand
• me and several hundred websites including thefreedictionary.com are wrong about Java deriving its name from coffee's one

In cases like this, how can we find the truth? if all means go through the web, a few linked websites and a good SEO do the job in creating a new truth, because all investigation goes through first results of a google search.. what do you think about this? Atti (talk) 19:28, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

• What are the sources? - Atti: can you give some sources for the origin of the name (copied from the word for coffee?). I see the article has one source already, but that is just an online dictionary, which is not the best source. Is there some Java textbook? Or a history of Sun corp? Don't worry about "truth" ... see WP:Truth: the key thing is to find reliable sources (WP:RS) that talk about the origin of the word, and incorporate those, even if they indicate multiple origins. After you find some sources, it will be easy to fix the text in this article to reflect the sources. --Noleander (talk) 21:07, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Here is one source: Machine vision algorithms in Java: techniques and implementation, by Paul F. Whelan, Derek Molloy, p 21. But it just repeats the coffee story and does not give details from an actual person that was there. It should be adequate, but it would be better to find a book that actually quotes one of the Java creators. --Noleander (talk) 21:12, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

• Here is another one - Walter J. Savitch, Java: an introduction to problem solving & programming, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005, p. 22: "The question of how Java got its name does not have a very interesting answer. The current custom is to name programming languages in pretty much the same way that parents name their children. The creator of the programming language simply chooses any name that sounds good to her or him. The original name of the language was "Oak." Later the creators realized that there already was a computer language named Oak, so they needed another name, and "Java" was chosen. One hears conflicting explanations of the origin of the name "Java." One traditional, perhaps believable, story is that the name was thought of when, after a fruitless meeting in which they tried to come up with a new name, the development team went out for coffee, and the rest is, as they say, history." Alex Harvey (talk) 07:43, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
• Proposed text The origins of the name Java are unknown, but one theory is that it's named after the slang term for coffee. D O N D E groovily Talk to me 23:36, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Is Java a slang term for cofee? And more importantly does the sources state that it is named after the slang term, rather than the brand name? 89.9.62.42 (talk) 04:45, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Java coffee Xcrivener (talk) 10:13, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Version number

here: Java Standard Edition 7 Update 1(1.7.1)

german wiki: 7.0.1

what is right??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.232.55.153 (talk) 13:01, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Too many examples

I think the article has too many examples and feels to much as a programming textbook. I don't see why there needs to be example code for Applets, Swing GUIs, Servlets with detailed explanations. If you compare it to the C++ or C articles it becomes apparent that the amount of code in the article has to be reduces for readability. What are your opinions on this? --217.209.140.211 (talk) 10:25, 15 January 2012 (UTC)