[783] in java-interest
Re: java-interest-digest V1 #90
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Willie Lim)
Thu Jul 20 01:12:26 1995
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 08:43:12 -0400
From: wlim@lehman.com (Willie Lim)
To: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
Cc: weilerj@std.teradyne.com
In-Reply-To: <199507190630.XAA26688@java> (owner-java-interest-digest@java.sun.com)
> From: weilerj@std.teradyne.com (Jason Weiler)
> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 19:34:50 -0700
> Subject: Re: Name of Java
>> And why is the Island name used for this programming language
>> ?
>>
>> ====================================================================
>> Richard Wahongan
>> ====================================================================
> It's not... While I empathize with my friends across the ocean, the
> language was named after coffee. I think the little hot coffee cup
> sketch on the standard java web-pages just about clinches it. ;-)
But the Java coffee was named after the Indonesian Island. Hence Java
(the language) inherited the name from the Indonesian Island, viz.,
name inheritance. :-)
Willie
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