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Java runs on the JVM, which is probably written in C++ (which is C, when you start digging). The widely-used Eclipse J9 JVM is written in C++.
by beat 8y ago
Java runs on the JVM, which is probably written in C++ (which is C, when you start digging). The widely-used Eclipse J9 JVM is written in C++.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> C++ (which is C, when you start digging). C++ is not C (it was once implemented as a preprocessor in front of a C compiler, but that's not th same as being C, and it's now more likely to implemented as a self-hosting compiler.)
- nineteen999 8y agoIronically enough, the gcc suite itself is partially implemented in C++ these days.