Java - A Tale of Two Islands
September 23rd 2006 Java, Java, Java...The name alone never fails to conjure dozens of images in my head.
Images of rumbling volcanoes, tumbling rice paddies, crumbling temples. Images of coffee plantations shrouded in mist. Of graceful dancers, shadow-puppets and mythological epics. It conjures the sound of the gamelan wafting through the Sultan's palace.
Modern Java offers all of these things, of course. But
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