Re: Programming Languages for the Java Virtual Machine

From: Tony Morris (not_at_telling.you)
Date: 12/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 02:30:07 GMT

"Ann" <Ann@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Tony Morris" <not@telling.you> wrote in message
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> >
> > <jrefactors@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > > Your programming language for the JAVA Virtual Machine would be the
> > > Java
> > > > programming language.
> > >
> > >
> > > http://flp.cs.tu-berlin.de/~tolk/vmlanguages.html
> > > What does it mean here?
> > >
> >
> > They are programming languages that produce Java bytecode (refer to the
> JVM
> > Specification).
> > The Java Programming Language (refer to the Java Language Specification)
> > compiles .java source files to Java .class files that contain Java
> bytecode.
> > Other programming languages compile to Java .class files that contain
Java
> > bytecode too.
> >
> > --
> > Tony Morris
> > http://xdweb.net/~dibblego/
> >
> Is it not true that of the Java byte codes produced
> some are general purpose, but many are Java specific?
> For example the byte codes generated to instantiate
> a new Java class object probably would not work for
> another language like C++?

That question appears to be way out of context.
I can only suggest having a look at the VM spec. 

-- 
Tony Morris
http://xdweb.net/~dibblego/

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