Why is Java Worth Looking at?

• 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?

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