Orthogonality In Java

[VJTechno]

Hello Friends, I was reading about the orthogonality and it's advantages. Then heard something like "Java is an Orthogonal Language".

Can anyone explain me what do we mean by a particular programing language being orthogonal?
If I am using Java for development of my application, does it imply that my application is Orthogonal?

[java_programmer]

Orthogonality means the feature of a program can be used freely without having effect to othet features.

Hello Friends, I was reading about the orthogonality and it's advantages. Then heard something like "Java is an Orthogonal Language".

Can anyone explain me what do we mean by a particular programing language being orthogonal? If I am using Java for development of my application, does it imply that my application is Orthogonal?

[VJTechno]

can we say inheritance is not an orthogonal feature??? or to reserve it for mltiple inheritance?