Java creator named to Order of Canada

CBC News - Technology and Science section has a good article on the Order of Canada awards. Of particular interest to Canuck-PDA readers is that James Gosling, the man credited with inventing the Java programming language commonly used on the World Wide Web has been appointed to the Order of Canada.

James Gosling, a vice-president of Sun Microsystems Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., has been named an officer of the Order of Canada, the office of the Governor General announced on Monday.

Gosling was responsible for the original design of the Java programming language and implemented the original compiler for the so-called Java virtual machine. Java programs are compiled or converted into machine code by a program called a compiler when they run.

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The Order of Canada recognizes outstanding lifetime achievement and contributions to society and the country by Canadians from all walks of life.

You can read the full CBC News article here.