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Kawa

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Kawa

Summary

Kawa is a programming language[1]. Kawa draws 63 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #131 of 742).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kawa is the creator of Per M. A. Bothner[3].
  • Kawa's instance of is recorded as programming language[4].
  • Kawa's instance of is recorded as GNU package[5].
  • Kawa's instance of is recorded as free software[6].
  • Kawa's copyright license is recorded as Expat license[7].
  • Kawa's programmed in is recorded as Java[8].
  • Kawa's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[9].
  • Kawa's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0[10].
  • Kawa's software version identifier is recorded as 3.1[11].
  • Kawa's software version identifier is recorded as 3.1.1[12].
  • Kawa is part of GNU Project[13].
  • Kawa's platform is recorded as Java platform[14].
  • February 9, 1998 marks the founding of Kawa[15].
  • Kawa's official website is recorded as https://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/[16].
  • Kawa's source code repository URL is recorded as https://gitlab.com/kashell/Kawa.git[17].
  • Kawa's source code repository URL is recorded as https://sourceware.org/viewvc/kawa/[18].
  • Kawa's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/kawa[19].
  • Kawa's user manual URL is recorded as https://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/pt01.html[20].
  • Kawa's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[21].
  • Kawa's mailing list archive URL is recorded as https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-kawa/[22].
  • Kawa's mailing list archive URL is recorded as https://sourceware.org/pipermail/kawa/[23].
  • Kawa's mailing list archive URL is recorded as https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/kawa/[24].

Body

Geography

Kawa is part of GNU Project[13].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[4], GNU package[5], and free software[6].

History and Context

February 9, 1998 marks the founding of Kawa[15].

Why It Matters

Kawa draws 63 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #131 of 742).[2] Kawa is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

cross-platform free software geiser-kawa GNU Project Java Per M. A. Bothner programming language

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . gnu.org. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . sourceware.org. Retrieved . sourceware.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . sourceware.org. Retrieved . sourceware.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . sourceware.org. Retrieved . sourceware.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . gnu.org. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . sourceware.org. Retrieved . sourceware.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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