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On 9/24/2015 10:35 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 9/24/2015 9:58 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 9/24/2015 7:55 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>> On 9/24/2015 4:10 PM, Lew wrote:
>>>> On Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 2:40:16 AM UTC-7, Eternal Hope wrote:
>>>>> On 24/09/2015 00:10, Lew wrote:
>>>>>> On Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 12:40:19 PM UTC-7, Eternal Hope
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> ... technically Java is also an interpreted language although
>>>>>>> optimizations like Just In Time compilers tend to blur the
>>>>>>> distinction
>>>>>>> somewhat.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Technically" Java is a compiled language.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ambiguous.
>>>>
>>>> Not at all.
>>>>
>>>> What is "javac"?
>>>
>>> Not a compiler as known outside of the Java world.  It only creates
>>> bytecode, not an executable file.
>>
>> Similar to:
>>
>> C# compiler that compiles C# code to MSIL byte code
>> UCSD Pascal compiler that compiles Pascal code to p-code byte code
>> Hip Hop compiler that compiles PHP to Hip Hop byte code
>>
>> Calling something that compiles to byte code is not a Java world
>> thing - it is quite common - and have been used many years
>> before Java was invented.
>>
>
> Actually, C# can be compiled to machine code.  It just needs the .NET
> framework installed, also.
>
> But if you understood C#, you wouldn't make such a stoopid claim.

The C# compiler always compile to MSIL byte code.

Which you can easily verify by running ILDASM on the
output.

Arne