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No, that's not a reasonable interpretation of his comment. Other OO VMs (e.g. dot NET) exist and do not have the Java API. Google's argument is that the API is
by wbillingsley 7y ago
No, that's not a reasonable interpretation of his comment. Other OO VMs (e.g. dot NET) exist and do not have the Java API. Google's argument is that the API is required to maintain compatibility with Java programs, not bytecode-based VM programs in general.