1. What language are they written in? Are they written in C?
2. To make Java work on Macs, Linux, and Windows, is there a version of the VM written for each platform, or do only certain things change in the source code?
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The JVM is written in C as a stack architecture ….
“The aim is binary compatibility. Each particular host operating system needs its own implementation of the JVM and runtime. These JVMs interpret the byte code semantically the same way, but the actual implementation may be different. More complicated than just the emulation of bytecode is compatible and efficient implementation of the Java core API which has to be mapped to each host operating system.”
The variance is not only for hardware compatibility but also to maximize the java API per platform.
Other API can handshake the JVM such as JOGL to accomplish a thin layer programming OpenGL. C++ enters the picture here.
To view JVM code requires registration with Sun.
1)Javac is the primary Java compiler, included in the Java Development Kit (JDK) from Sun Microsystems.
The compiler accepts source code conforming to the Java language specification (JLS) and produces bytecode conforming to the Java Virtual Machine Specification (JVMS).
javac is itself written in Java. The compiler can also be invoked programmatically.
2)Answer one tells half of it..yet,The model used by a JVM accepts a form of computer intermediate language commonly referred to as Java bytecode.Java can be both middleware and a platform in its own right
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