Re: Java? Was: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"

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From: hraiser
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1996 19:31

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Malcolm Coulter (mac@zeus.hsrc.ac.za) wrote:
: Since I can never get into Sun's Java site, perhaps someone could clarify what 
: Java is.. I have heard the following:
<snip>

  Java is an object oriented language much like C++, simpler, yet more
robust from an object oriented standpoint.  It "compiles" input files
(containing, for the most part, individual classes) into Java Virtual
Machine Language, which in turn is interpreted at run time by a Java
interpreter, such as Sun's Hot Java or Netscape 2.0.  Java does not create
P-Code in the Visual Basic sense, the Virtual Java Machine Code the Java
compiler produces can be run on any system capable running the virtual
machine, thus Java obtains cross-platform portability with zero effort.  You
can think of the Java run time interpreter as more of an emulator than an
interpreter.  Java Script is Java's little brother.  Java Script is a light
weight version of Java primarily used to enhance Web Pages.  Java Script is
interpreted directly in source form, it is never compiled into byte codes.

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