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Re: BVM

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On 1/20/2014 2:32 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>    A Java machine would be a computer that is able to execute Java programs.
>
>    The JVM executes bytecode. So, maybe, its name should actually be »BVM«
>    - »bytecode virtual machine«.
>
>    »Java processor« is also the designation that is commonly used for
>    processors that execute not Java, but bytecode.

I don't think it is that funky that a Java bytecode executing Virtual
Machine is called a JVM.

I think the real problem is that SUN chose to use the same name
for language and runtime environment.

But nothing to do about it now.

Arne

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