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From: "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Java claims WORA
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:56:32 -0700
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"Lew" <lewbloch@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Wednesday, June 20, 2012 8:33:02 AM UTC-7, owais wrote:
>> Java claims WORA (write once and run anywhere). Do you agree with this 
>> statement that all java programs can be run anywhere (all platforms)? Can 
>> you identify a scenario where this claim may not hold true?
>
> It is spelled "Java".
>
> I am not aware of a Java port to the PDP-8.
>

I don't see why not.  A 12-bit address space would make writing a garbage 
collector a snap.