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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AwardOfficer of the Order of Canada 2 AwardFellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2 AwardIEEE John von Neumann Medal 2 AwardACM Software System Award 2 Connections
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He is generally credited with having invented the Java programming language in 1994.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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