Today, we have decided to talk about Java, a popular programming language that is not the same as JavaScript. That may or may not surprise you, but it is the truth. Nevertheless, the Java ...

Every programming language comes with a learning curve, but Java shares many similarities with C, C++ and JavaScript. Anyone with experience in any of those languages will pick up Java syntax quickly.

Thanks to the JCP, the Java language has been extensively revised to address all kinds of different programming problems. Case in point (see sidebar) is how a simple Java function to sum an array of ...