Elevators, toasters, and the birth of Java
Ryan sits down with James Gosling, creator of Java at Sun Microsystems, to talk about the early networking friction that drove the need for interconnectedness, the stringent reliability requirements of consumer electronics companies that inspired the Java virtual machine, and the evolution of garbage collectors that allow Java to handle large-scale concurrent memory management.Episode notes:Check out CultRepo’s recently released Java documentary to learn more about the early history of the language and the engineers who built it.Connect with James on LinkedIn and X.Congrats to Famous Question badge winner zainhassan for winning the badge on their answer to java.security.certpathvalidatorexception, trust anchor for certification path, not founded React Native. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.