The upcoming Java Standard Edition 6.0 release will include an implementation of Java Specification Request 223, Scripting for the Java Platform. This JSR is about programming languages and their ...

The Java Compiler Compiler (JavaCC) facilitates designing and implementing your own programming language in Java. You can use it to build handy little languages to solve problems at hand, or build ...

While Oracle is trying to carve out a future for Java, there's also lots of history to the programming language that has shaped much of today's technology.