"nicolas" <n.brunot@cadwin.com> a �crit dans le message news: lpS67.1427$OA6.4515044@nnrp3.proxad.net...
> What I meant is that we write code, we have a working application, and we
> can provide it as it is for different platforms.
> If the JVM is the only thing that must be ported, at least it's done one for
> all for a given platform.
>
> Ok, you can find different versions of the JVM, compatibility between
> Microsoft and Sun can be a problem.
> But globally , the concept is excellent, in practice, it works not so bad,
> and nobody can deny it is a success.
>
True, but what I meant is that it is a feature of the JVM, not of the Java language.
If you compile Ada for the JVM (Ada-Magic, JGNAT), you'll get exactly the same binary compatibility.

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