Q & A on Programming Languages for Applets Q: I am an Internet novice and I have some questions; Can we use any language other than Java (ie Fortran, COBOL etc) to program in the web? If yes or not why? Why Java is called the web 's programming language? A: Although there is no theoretical reason why one could not use another language, currently browsers only support Java as the language for applets (programs that can be downloaded into the browser and interpreted). Q: What is the diference between HTML and dynamic HTML and HTML 4.0? A:Dynamic HTML refers to HTML that is generated by a program at the server (e.g., via a CGI script). It is covered in detail in the text. HTML 4.0 is the latest standard recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). For details, see: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/