Why Java 2D origin is at the top left corner?

Question

I\'m not complaining, just wonder. Why Java use top left point of the drawing surface as origin? I assume more natural is to choose left bottom corner as origin and increase

Answer 1

I think to be compatible with the frames minimizing and maximizing
The obvious focusing area is where the first word in a page written in english appears ,namely, the top left witch is the most natural way except when it comes to graphical representation of some math in the first quadrant which became the second with the y axis positive (reflected or rotated 180° about the origin (I came to this while googling the way to solve that) actually the decision was made long time before the computer and crt age