From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,HK_RANDOM_FROM, INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f495c7652c09dd8c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Subject: Re: Does this model work ? Date: 1999/05/15 Message-ID: <87u2teypil.fsf@bglbv.my-dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 478299527 References: <373e38e2.31311363@news2.ibm.net> <373C5244.3A16F5B8@easystreet.com> <374a882a.4192147@news2.ibm.net> X-Complaints-To: abuse@freeuk.net X-Trace: nnrp2.clara.net 926807804 212.126.148.226 (Sat, 15 May 1999 23:36:44 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 23:36:44 BST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-05-15T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Florian Weimer writes: > jmarten@ibm.net (Jean-Marten Marchi) writes: > > Ah, nothing is new in this business ! Didn't Pascal have a Virtual > > Machine too? > AFAIK there were quite a few compilers out there which compiled to > byte code. You just didn't call it Virtual Machine, then. Perhaps awareness of IBM's Virtual Machine/Conversational Monitor System (VM/CMS) was more widespread at the time... "Virtual Machine" (with capital V and M) might even enjoy trademark status for all I know.