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General information about the JAVA applets

In comparison to other programming languages, JAVA has a couple of important advantages: :

JAVA is strictly object-oriented, making code modifications, custumizations and extensions a simple task - even for large projects.
Speed. JAVA programs execute almost as fast as other programs, provided you use a Just-in-time compiler (which is standard now).
Platform independence. JAVA runs on most machines ("write once, run everywhere").
JAVA is the programming language of the internet. You can run programs online or you can easily access resources available in the internet. JAVA-programs embedded in Web-sites are called "applets".
Licenses for the JAVA development kit and the JAVA runtime environment are free. You can download them from various internet sites, depending on the operating system and processor you are using, e.g.:

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For all JAVA applets on my web-pages there are also standalone applications available that have the full functionality of windows applications (printing, I/O-operations from/to your local file system, etc.). You can purchase both the applets and the standalone applications. Please ask.

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