Java what? (caution: extremely hot)

March 29, 1998
Web posted at: 11:53 a.m. EST (1653 GMT)

SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) -- Some 12,000 people gathered in San Francisco this week to celebrate a language most of us know little about: Java.

Java is a programming language that helps the world's computers communicate universally. It's such a coveted capability that many competitors of Java's developer, Sun Microsystems, are trying to create their own versions of the language.

CNN's Rusty Dornin reports
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Correspondent Rusty Dornin gives a crash course on why Java is scalding hot.

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