Java is a popular programming language written by Sun Microsystems. It's an object-oriented language that runs inside a "virtual machine" which, at least in theory, allows code to run on many different machines. The Java home page is http://java.sun.com/; you can download a developer kit or run-time from there. Java per se is a proprietary product, but there are many free projects that aim to provide all (or part) of the Java environment as Free Software. http://www.dwheeler.com/java-imp.html lists many of those projects.

Here's a cute hack to enable token substitution in java property files: http://www.sys-con.com/java/source.cfm?id=1228

See also: JavaProgrammingBookmarks

-- TobyCabot - 28 Dec 2001