Java



Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. Java is the programming language RuneScape's game engine is mostly written in. Java should not be confused with RuneScript, the scripting language that Jagex uses to create new content for RuneScape.

Java can run on most popular operating systems. Java compiles code into platform independent low-level byte-code. The Java Virtual Machine (which is platform specific) translates this byte-code into native instructions. Oracle currently develops the language and JVM for Windows, Solaris, Linux and Mac OS X.