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In message <irtsqa$9ae$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:

> ... register-based VMs are not necessarily non-portable, just the
> performance argument is a bit weak, especially on x86 ...

Which, interestingly, is not very popular for ultramobile devices.

> although they still use the Java language, which could itself be a
> factor in a legal sense ...

How come? Is the licence for the Sunacle JDK (which is what I use for 
compiling programs) violated in any way?