As the World Wide Web exploded in the mid-90s, Java’s ability to run the same code on any device via the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) made it the "language of the internet".
C provided a "middle-level" balance. It was powerful enough to talk directly to hardware but simple enough to be portable across different systems.
In 1991, and his "Green Team" at Sun Microsystems set out to build software for consumer electronics, like set-top boxes. Java Ve C
Created by at Bell Labs between 1969 and 1973, C was designed to rewrite the Unix operating system.
The story of Java and C is a tale of two different eras in computing: one born from the need to build operating systems, and the other from the dream of universal connectivity. As the World Wide Web exploded in the
Gosling created a new language called Oak (later renamed Java because of trademark issues). It borrowed C’s familiar syntax but removed the dangerous parts, like manual memory management.
Gosling initially tried to use C++, but found it too complex and prone to security bugs, specifically "pointer bugs" that caused frequent crashes. In 1991, and his "Green Team" at Sun
It became the "mother of all languages," directly influencing almost every modern language today, including Java. Java: The "Write Once, Run Anywhere" Rebel (1990s)