SOME IMPORTANT INFO:

Java Syntax was derived from c-Language.
Java Obj' oriented features from c++.


>The code generated by FORTRAN,COBOL,BASIC are called "spaghetti code"-impossible to understand.
>The BCPL was designed by MARTIN RICHARDS.
>BCPL derivatin B was developed by -Ken Thompson.
>Later C was developed by Dennis Ritchie and Brain Kernighan.
>In the begining C was supplied with UNIX -os


Java-Some Basic Info:

-Java was firs named as "OAK" in 1991.
-Java compiler gives Byte Code
-Jvm interpreter converts the bytecode into executable code based on the platform.
-JIT-part of jvm converts the bytecode into executable form.

Expansions: [High Level Languages]

BCPL - Basic Combined Programmin Language.
BASIC - Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
FORTRAN - FORmula Translation.
COBOL - Common Buisness Oriented Language.
PASCAL - Name of the Scientist.
ALGOL - ALGOrithmic Language.
PROLOG - PROgramming LOGic.
PL/1 - Programming Language 1.
LISP - LISt Processing.


Java was developed by:

James Gosling.
Patric Noughton.
Ed Frank.
Chris Wrath.
Mike Sheridan.
Bill Joy.
Jonathan Payne...


Sources :

Java complete Reference by Herbert Schildt.