11.   Microsoft and Sun, of Palo Alto, are sparring over the Java programming language.

12.   Much of the software currently in use is based upon virtually extinct programming languages that hardly anyone understands any more.

13.   The best-known example is Java, a programming language from Sun Microsystems that can bring web pages to life.

14.   The translation to a more portable programming language is also important for compatibility with the other modules of the recognition system.

15.   These interfaces provide access into other programming languages operating in supercomputing environments, such as message passing sub-routines.

16.   To deal with that issue, Java was deliberately crippled as a programming language.

17.   Their most important product is HyperCard, a kind of multimedia construction kit, using a highly simplified programming language called HyperTalk.

18.   The language is distinct and self-contained and it is not dependent on an established programming language.