By mentioning "Java," the poster probably was referring to the JVM. As jwz says, "Java" refers to numerous things: there are four completely different things t

By mentioning "Java," the poster probably was referring to the JVM. As jwz says, "Java" refers to numerous things: there are four completely different things that go by the name ``Java'': A language; An enormous class library; A virtual machine; A security model. http://www.jwz.org/doc/java.html http://www.jwz.org/doc/java.html