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Foil 19 JDK 1.0 -- The Java Development Kit!

From Java Tutorial - Summer 1997 Part 1:Introduction to Java Language CEWES Tutorial, Classes SU/Jackson State -- July 22-25 and Fall 97. by Nancy J. McCracken,Geoffrey C. Fox
The beta version of Java, Version 1.0 of JDK released January 96 by JavaSoft.
JDK 1.0 becomes the Internet standard and so compatible with ongoing Java implementations by all licensees, most notably Netscape and Microsoft. Beta/1.0 JDK includes:
  • Java Compiler (.java to .class) for Sun Solaris and Windows NT/95 avaliable as .class itself (Javac written in Java) but no source
  • Java source for the foundation classes (modified and incompatible with alpha)
  • appletviewer to run/preview applets
  • Source code for the interpreter

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