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James Gosling

Also Known As James Arthur Gosling
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James Arthur Gosling is a Canadian computer scientist best known as the founder and lead designer of the Java programming language, generally credited with having invented it in 1994. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 for his contributions to Java's architecture and to windowing system development. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1955 1
Birth Date
1955-05-19 1
Nationality
Canadian 1
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Officer of the Order of Canada 2
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ACM Fellow 2
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Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2
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IEEE John von Neumann Medal 2
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Tsutomu Kanai Award 2
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ACM Software System Award 2
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1. Wikipedia: James Gosling
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  • Career and contributions section
    He is generally credited with having invented the Java programming language in 1994.
  • Lead paragraph, birth year
    James Arthur Gosling (born 19 May 1955) is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the founder and lead designer behind the Java programming language.
  • Lead paragraph, nationality
    James Arthur Gosling (born 19 May 1955) is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the founder and lead designer behind the Java programming language.
  • Infobox
    James Arthur Gosling (1955-05-19) May 19, 1955 (age 71), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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2. Wikidata: James Gosling
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