Re: [SC-L] p-code was created for PLATFORM PORTABILITY

2006-11-14 Thread Gary McGraw
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Re: [SC-L] p-code was created for PLATFORM PORTABILITY

2006-11-13 Thread Crispin Cowan
David A. Wheeler wrote: On 11/9/06, Crispin Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Prior to Java, resorting to compiling to byte code (e.g. P-code back in the Pascal days) was considered a lame kludge because the language developers couldn't be bothered to write a real compiler. I believe