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From: jmarten@ibm.net (Jean-Marten Marchi)
Subject: Re: Java momentum slowing ?
Date: 1999/05/14
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On 12 May 1999 22:05:40 -0700, Keith Thompson <kst@cts.com> wrote:

>As far as I know, there is no necessary connection between Java the
>language and the JVM (Java Virtual Machine).  They were designed by
>the same group of people as part of the same project, but Java can be
>compiled to machine code like any other language, and any other
>language can be compiled to Java byte codes.  (Both uses of the phrase
>"any other language" are admittedly exaggerations.)

But Java compiled to machine code is an afterthought. Other languages
can be compiled after all, that's not making them efficient.