James Gosling
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James Gosling is a Canadian computer scientist best known for creating the Java programming language in the 1990s while working at Sun Microsystems. His work on Java matters because it became one of the most widely used programming languages in the world, enabling developers to write software that could run on different computers and devices without modification.
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James Gosling is a composer who composed the soundtrack for the second, third and fourth series of BBC's drama series, Merlin. He composed for the show along with Rob Lane, Rohan Stevenson and Michal Pavlícek. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/James+Gosling">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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James Arthur Gosling (born 19 May 1955) is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the founder and lead designer behind the Java programming language.
Gosling was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 for the conception and development of the architecture for the Java programming language and for contributions to windowing systems.
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