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Java: It's not just for breakfast anymore! The World-Wide Web as it is today reminds me of a bad date I had once; boring, flat, and unexciting. It does absolutely nothing for me. The pages are limited by the specifications of HTML which calls for a two-dimensional layout and a static page. I for one am looking for some new element. A new angle if you will. Something to jolt some life into The Web. Sun Microsystem's Java will bring a new interactive element to the Web. It is designed to enhance the browsing experience and take us into the next generation of The Web. "Java is an object-oriented language that adds animation and real-time interaction through in-line applications (called applets)." (Network Computing) So you are asking yourself, What is Java? How does it work? "Java is a simple, object-oriented, multithreaded, garbage-collected, secure, robust, architectural-neutral, portable, high-performance, dynamic language. The language is similar to C and C++ but much simpler. I think Eric Schmidt, Sun's Chief Technical Officer, put it best when he said, "Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and mace. It was designed for a consumer devices market, to allow applications to move among the devices in a secure manner." (P.C. LETTER) Java programs are compiled into a binary format that can be executed on many platforms without recompilation." (Dr. Dobb) It works by converting the code into a format the Java interpreter can understand. The code or "applets" can be embedded in any standard HTML page. An applet can do most anything a regular C program can do. It is equally complex as C for any given task. For the technically impaired, Java is a highly flexible product for developing programs for The Web. It is capable of carryi... ...5, v20 n8 p56-62 "Java and Internet programming: similar to C and C++ but much simpler" van Hoff, Arthur INFOWORLD; May 1995, v17 n22 p16 "Netscape inks pact with Sun, Macromedia" Wingfield, Nick LAN TIMES; June 1995, v12 n12 p44 "Sun, Netscape to wake up Web users" Raynovich, R. Scott MacUser; Sept 1995, v11 n9 P31 "The Internet becomes multimedia-savvy:Macromedia, Sun nab Netscape Navigator" Snell, Jason Network Computing; August 1995, v6 n9 p48-49 "Next generation Web Browsing" Kohlhepp, Robert Newsbytes; July 1995, pnew07180011 "Sun Microsystems Intros First Java Application" Bowers, Richard P.C. Letter; June 1995, v11 n9-10 p5 "Sun's Schmidt explains Java strategy" Author not given PCWEEK; June 1995, v12 n22 p14 "Sun's Java technology perks up WWW; Java language and HotJava browser provide extensiblity to the World-Wide Web" Sullivan, Eamonn