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James Gosling (born May 19, 1955 near Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a famous software developer.

He is generally credited as the inventor of the Java programming language in 1991. He did the original design of Java and implemented its original compiler and virtual machine. For this achievement he was elected to the United States National Academy of Engineering.

He has made major contributions to several other software systems such as NeWS and Gosling Emacs.

Since 1984, James Gosling has been with Sun Microsystems; currently (2005) the CTO of the developer products group.

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-'''James Gosling''' (born [[May 19]], [[1956]] near [[Calgary, Alberta|Calgary]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]) is a famous [[software developer]].
+'''James Gosling''' (born [[May 19]], [[1955]] near [[Calgary, Alberta|Calgary]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]) is a famous [[software developer]].
 He is generally credited as the inventor of the [[Java programming language]] in [[1991]]. He did the original design of Java and implemented its original [[compiler]] and [[virtual machine]]. For this achievement he was elected to the [[United States]] [[National Academy of Engineering]].
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 ==External links==
-*[http://java.sun.com/people/jag/ James Gosling's home page]
+*[http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jag James Gosling's weblog]
-*[http://weblogs.java.net/jag/ James Gosling's weblog]
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-[[Category:1956 births|Gosling, James]]
+[[Category:1955 births|Gosling, James]]
 [[Category:Canadian computer scientists|Gosling, James]]
 [[Category:American computer scientists|Gosling, James]]