The Java virtual machine is a program whose purpose is to execute other programs. It’s a simple idea that also stands as one of our greatest examples of coding kung fu.The JVM upset the status ...

All Java programs are compiled into class files that contain bytecodes, the machine language of the Java virtual machine. In this JavaWorld classic, Bill Venners goes under the hood of the JVM to ...

The man credited with inventing the Java programming language commonly used on the World Wide Web has been appointed to the Order of Canada. James Gosling, a vice-president of Sun Microsystems Inc ...