Hi
"Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> If Java is supposed to be able to run on any platform, then it
>>> would seem logical that it would be possible to write Java Script
>>> in such a manner that it should be correctly interpreted and run on
>>> any platform and with any program properly designed for it also.
>> But they are NOT the same thing. I could just as well say that:
>> If Java is supposed to be able to run on any platform, then it would
>> seem logical that it would be possible to write Assembler in such a
>> manner that it should be correctly interpreted and run on any
>> platform and with any program properly designed for it also.
>> But Assembler is directly linked to the specific hardware, so this
>> isn't possible.
SH> Since this is the case, then the people who are pushing Java and
SH> JavaScript should admit to the considerations that are needed when
SH> attempting to port it to different platforms and hardware, etc.
Bernie just wanted to say that:
If A is supposed to run everywhere, why does B not run everywhere ...
(because A and B are completely different things, which are NOT related)
?? You can't port either of them to other platforms !!!
JavaScript is embedded in the HTML page ... so either the browser (for a
particular platform) has an interpreter for it or not....
You can't port Java, because it runs on a virtual CPU (Java VM).
If there exists a Java VM for any particular machine, than it can run Java
programs.
So no porting needed for either of them ...
clear ?
SH> This Java stuff is falsely advertised. Advocates of other computer
SH> programming languages will generally tell you the truth as they
SH> understand it with regard to platform and hardware-specific
SH> considerations.
So did the java developers !
BTW M$ wants to spoil Java, because of this write once, run everywhere.
(in the eyes of M$ this sucks, because the programs would also run on non
windows systems)
SH> Sam Heywood
CU, Ricsi
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