Java bytecode is pretty close to Java "the language." You can try decompiling some Java classes and see how close to the original you end up getting. Because o

Java bytecode is pretty close to Java "the language." You can try decompiling some Java classes and see how close to the original you end up getting. Because of that it's also a pretty awful assembly target, something which is only now being addressed with things like invokedynamic, finally moving Java byte code beyond Java 'the language.'