Essay on the history of Java, which is a modern computer programming language.

What is computer programming? Computer programming is in short, creating a sequence of instructions that enable the computer to do something. Computer programming has come a long way since it was first introduced in 1945. 'Short Code' was the first programming language for electronic devices. It required it's programmer to change the numbers by hand. This lead to programming where all of the calculations were automatically. FORTRAN was one of the first major programming languages. IBM …

…program created in Java is in essence the togetherness of various objects which are classes. Because it is an interpreted language, it requires only the Java Virtual Machine. As long as you have the Virtual Machine on your computer, all programs would work. Since it doesn't require much, Java can be used on all or most computers. With all of these great features, Java has the potential to revolutionize the future of the programming industry.