Question 1
Which company originally developed the programming language released publicly in 1995?
- Sun Microsystems
- IBM
- Microsoft
- Apple
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Sun Microsystems
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Java trivia quiz
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What the Java questions cover
- Generics
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- Collections
- Language Releases
- Serialization
- Exceptions
- Bytecode
- Class Files
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- Annotations
- Creator
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Question 2
Who is widely credited as the creator of this language while working at Sun Microsystems?
- Guido van Rossum
- James Gosling
- Bjarne Stroustrup
- Dennis Ritchie
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James Gosling
Question 3
What is the name of the steaming coffee-cup mascot associated with this language?
- Tux
- Kodu
- Duke
- Clippy
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Duke
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