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I guess Java's "innovation" with VMs was requiring the user to download it separately from the programs it runs.
by jonny_eh 7y ago
I guess Java's "innovation" with VMs was requiring the user to download it separately from the programs it runs.
- pkaye 7y agoIts older than that. There was the p-code machine used for Pascal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-code_machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-code_machine
- tragomaskhalos 7y agoThere was also a (brief) period in the early 90's where Microsoft's C++ had an option to compile to p-code. IIRC this was to reduce executable size.