Java Project Names - From Sparkler to Dolphin

ever wondered what the code names were for the releases of Java, I did too and I found this information at Sun's website. It's hard to believe but it looks as if they have improved slightly, the first few releases where just silly, Pumpkin or playground anyone

The document is below but here is the link if you fancy that Sun code names

Since 1.2.2, major releases 1.3, 1.4.0, 5.0 and 6.0) are named after birds or mammals, while minor releases are named after insects, given that they are bug-fix releases. (Hopper is short for grasshopper and ladybird is another term for ladybug.)

VERSION	CODE NAME	RELEASE DATE
JDK 1.1.4	Sparkler	Sept 12, 1997
JDK 1.1.5	Pumpkin	Dec 3, 1997
JDK 1.1.6	Abigail	April 24, 1998
JDK 1.1.7	Brutus	Sept 28, 1998
JDK 1.1.8	Chelsea	April 8, 1999
J2SE 1.2	Playground	Dec 4, 1998
J2SE 1.2.1	(none)	March 30, 1999
J2SE 1.2.2	Cricket	July 8, 1999
J2SE 1.3	Kestrel	May 8, 2000
J2SE 1.3.1	Ladybird	May 17, 2001
J2SE 1.4.0	Merlin	Feb 13, 2002
J2SE 1.4.1	Hopper	Sept 16, 2002
J2SE 1.4.2	Mantis	June 26, 2003
J2SE 5.0 (1.5.0)	Tiger	Sept 29, 2004
Future Releases
J2SE 6.0 (1.6.0)	Mustang	Not yet released
J2SE 7.0 (1.7.0)	Dolphin	Not yet released

Note: Dragonfly (or dragon, for short) was an interim code name for J2SE 5.1, which has been folded into Mustang, so is no longer a separate release.