> How can you even say you're running Java if you don't have objects or dynamic allocation? It's not any different from, say, JavaCard, which doesn't even have

> How can you even say you're running Java if you don't have objects or dynamic allocation? It's not any different from, say, JavaCard, which doesn't even have java.lang.String or garbage collection. > And when you think about how a GPU works, it completely makes sense. A high level language for a GPU will not look like Java It can still have Java syntax, which can also leverage existing IDEs and other libraries (eg. for unit testing).