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Java (the language) != JVM There are plenty of good languages for the JVM (Clozure, Scala, ...), but Java is not one of them.
by simonb 17y ago
Java (the language) != JVM
There are plenty of good languages for the JVM (Clozure, Scala, ...), but Java is not one of them.
- brazzy 17y agoStill, without the widespread success of Java, the JVM as we know it would not exist or would at least not have seen widespread adoption. Thus all languages running on it are, if not sons and daughters, at least nieces and nephews of Java.
- pavelludiq 17y agoActually, clojure sounds more like the dude that lives in java's basement, and uses java's bathroom.