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I had a recent assignment to find the origin of the name of Swing (Java) and one student submitted this [http://www.wordiq.com/definition/List_of_computer_term_etymologies link] stating that the name was based off the 1930's dance craze. Can anyone else confirm or deny this claim with sources? I already googled and looked through the Sun website.
: Closest reference I can find is from an [http://web.archive.org/web/19990422134131/java.sun.com/products/jfc/ 1998 version] of the Swing website: "Swing was the project name chosen by the developers of the new high-level components. Although these components are now part of the JFC software, the Swing name persists." I would not be surprised if the Swing team chose the name based on the dance (as opposed to the several other meanings of that word). I seem to recall hearing something to that effect at the time, but can't track down a reference. -- [[User:BrianDuff|BrianDuff]]
I wondered about this, and found this article which seems kosher.
http://blogs.sun.com/thejavatutorials/entry/why_is_swing_called_swing
[[User:Ety uncertain|Ety uncertain]] ([[User talk:Ety uncertain|talk]]) 07:24, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
== Swing on Vista ==
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