What is java?
Java is a programming language made by sun
What are it's best features?
Programs written in Java work in any operating system that has a Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
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Automatic Garbage Collection collects no-longer used memory and properly disposes of it.
Completely class oriented.
What are it's worst features?
Programs written in Java have a reputation for being slower and requiring more memory than those written in some other languages
No unsigned integer type.
What does it do?
Java is a language. it does not do anything on it's own.
What is it's purpose?
A programmer writes a program in Java. An example of a java command is:
System.out.println("Hello World");
which would output "Hello World" to the screen and then go to the next line when run.
The programmer, after completing his program, use a compiler to convert his code from the language he understands to code that the computer can run.
The programmer can then distribute his program to clients. When they want to run his program, the Java Runtime Environment starts up and runs the program. Since almost every operating system has a Java Runtime Environment the user can install, the same program may work in those operating systems. Other languages require that you re-program or switch language to run the program in other operating systems.
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