Conclusions
Java is a useful new programming language
- Useful for Nuclear Medicine
- Platform independent analysis
- Multimedia reporting
- RIS/HIS client middleware
- Useful for the world
- Platform independent software
- $500 computer
The Java language has several good features
- Can be used to write applets
- Object oriented
- Encapsulation, especially Modularity
- Polymorphism
- Inheritance
- Dynamic binding
- Threads
- Packages
- Lots of bad stuff left out
J. Anthony Parker, MD, PhD, Tony_Parker@bih.harvard.edu