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> No. Java is a language [...] A better comparison would be the JVM I think the point was that it's a reinvention of "write once run everywhere", which had its
by cyphar 8y ago
> No. Java is a language [...] A better comparison would be the JVM
I think the point was that it's a reinvention of "write once run everywhere", which had its own problems at the time (such as native libraries). Java introduced the idea, and arguing the fact that the JVM is the reason why it works is a touch pedantic in this discussion.
> Either use WASM outside the browser (I don't even know if that's a thing)
That's what TFA is doing.
- andrewshadura 8y agoActually, Oberon first came with it, with JIT compilation of intermediate code into the target code.
- pjmlp 8y agoThe concept goes back all the way to Xerox PARC workstations and Pascal UCSD.