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J2SE 5.0 was released on 30th September 2004. Developed under JSR 176, Tiger added a number of significant language features, including the for-each loop, generics, autoboxing, and var-args.
Previously we have seen JDK 1.0 and its features. We also examine the JDK 1.1 release and some its major API’s and classes.
The next major release of Java, known by this time as J2SE (Java 2 Standard Edition), came in 8th May of 2000.
We can clearly see how fast Java grew in just three years. During this time, Sun also introduced a new terminology to describe Java technology—Java SE (Standard Edition).
After the release of JDK 1.0 and its increasing popularity, the next major release for Java was in 19th February of 1997.
The introduction of the JVM in the architecture also helped developers in creating robust and secure Java applications.
Java offers several benefits over other programming languages. It is small and simple, and it is object oriented.
Java was publicly released in 1996. At that time, C++ substantially dominated the market and was widely used for creating many kinds of software applications
Java is known as an object-oriented programming language (OOPS). The designers created it in a way such that objects become the centre of attention. Java programs create and manipulate objects in an attempt to model how the real world operates.
Previously we have seen how selection sort works and sorts the following array:
Sorting is the process by which a set of values are arranged in ascending or descending order.
We have seen first three steps: Editing, Complication and Loading in the first part of this post, Phases of Java Program Execution: Part-1.