Java Alpha 1.0. 16-02 Apr 2026

| Feature | Alpha 1.0 Status | Notes | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | ❌ Not supported | All classes must be top-level. Event handling required clumsy separate classes. | | assert keyword | ❌ Absent | Debugging relied on System.out.println or native breakpoints. | | strictfp | ❌ Absent | Floating-point behavior varied wildly across x86 vs SPARC. | | Enums & Generics | ❌ Absent | Type safety was achieved via Object and manual casting. | | public static void main(String[]) | ✅ Present | The entry point contract was already frozen. |

Reflection ( java.lang.reflect ), RMI, Security managers (rudimentary), NIO, Concurrency utils. 8. Build & Execution Workflow To compile and run on Windows 95 or Solaris 2.5: java alpha 1.0. 16-02

// Note: No package declaration by default. No // comments? (actually /* */ only early on) class HelloWorld public static void main(String args[]) System.out.println("Hello from Feb 16, 1996"); | Feature | Alpha 1

# Set path to alpha bin set PATH=C:\java-alpha-1.0\bin;%PATH% javac HelloWorld.java # Outputs: HelloWorld.class Run (with green threads) java HelloWorld | | strictfp | ❌ Absent | Floating-point