Why is Java worth looking at for Scientific Computing?
The Java Language has several good design features
- secure, safe (wrt bugs), object-oriented, familiar (to C C++ and even Fortran programmers)
Java has a very good set of libraries covering everything from commerce, multimedia, images to math functions (under development at http://math.nist.gov/javanumerics)
Java has best available electronic and paper training and support resources
Java is rapidly getting best integrated program development environments
Java naturally integrated with network and universal machine supports powerful “write once-run anywhere” model
There is a large and growing trained labor force
Can we exploit this in computational science?