Java=?

[Daniel Miskell <DMiskell@envirolink.org>]

Being a newcomer to this list, and having read a lot of java-related messages 
without understanding them fully, could comeone explain to me exactly what 
java *is*?  Thanks for your time, ahead of time.

DMiskell@envirolink.org

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