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I mean, the original post was about programming languages, but The JVM is a virtual machine. It does not have "classes" in the programming sense because it tak

I mean, the original post was about programming languages, but The JVM is a virtual machine. It does not have "classes" in the programming sense because it takes bytecode, not source code. A bytecode class isn't the same as a source code class. It would be like saying that x86 has if statements because it has branch instructions. I interpreted the comment to mean "JVM languages" but if you wanna discuss the JVM itself (which is nonsensical comparison here imo) then yeah sure, it needs "classes".

pvg 4y ago
You don't have to get all talmudic about it, you can just open the JVM spec to almost any page. https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se8/html/jvms-6.html#jvms-6.5.invokevirtual https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se8/html/jvms-6.ht... The semantics of Java classes 'in the programming sense' are largely specified and implemented in the JVM.