Java applets downloaded over 56k and were run (not jit'ed) on pentium 2's. In other words if we took Java, replaced the standard library with an interface onto

Java applets downloaded over 56k and were run (not jit'ed) on pentium 2's. In other words if we took Java, replaced the standard library with an interface onto the browser, would we not end up with exactly the same thing? They're even both stack machines. Happy to support an argument that removing Oracle's influence is worth reinventing an entire runtime for.