Java and Database Connectivity

Brief history of programming languages

• LISP, John McCarthy, 1959
• BCPL: Martin Richards, Cambridge University, 1969
• C: Thompson & Richie, Bell Labs, 1972
• Smalltalk, Goldberg, Kay and others, Xerox PARC, 1973
• Oak: James Gosling, Sun Microsystems, 1990
• Java: James Gosling et al, Sun Microsystems 1995
• JDBC: Sun Microsystems 1996

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