Systems programming in Java

1 January 1997

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Micro

Vol. 17 (3) , 30-35
https://doi.org/10.1109/40.591652

Abstract

The Java programming language has been widely accepted as a general-purpose language for developing portable applications, toolkits, and applets. With so much activity in industry and academia in these user-level areas, is it surprising that Java is also an equally capable systems-programming language? This article describes our experiences at JavaSoft of using Java as a systems-level programming language during the development of JavaOS. I discuss our motivations for using Java and show code examples to demonstrate various system-level primitives, including an Ethernet device driver.

Keywords

SHOW CODE EXAMPLE
GENERAL-PURPOSE LANGUAGE
SYSTEMS-LEVEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
VARIOUS SYSTEM-LEVEL PRIMITIVE
SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING
USER-LEVEL AREA
CAPABLE SYSTEMS-PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ETHERNET DEVICE DRIVER
PORTABLE APPLICATION
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES
OPERATING SYSTEMS
SYSTEM PROGRAMMING
JAVA

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