I wrote:
> > Java was *not* developed to supplant UNIX (it couldn't; it's a
> > language, not an OS).
Bob Munck writes:
> The word "Java" is normally used, unfortunately, to denote
> both the Java language and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). [...]
>
> The JVM *is* an OS in the sense that it is intended to provide
> all system functionality for Java byte code programs. Moreover,
> it was originally intended to run standalone on bare machines.
You conveniently omitted the rest of my reply. Understandable,
since if you had included the appropriate comments they would have
rendered your statements nonsensical.
The JVM was originally intended to run standalone because it was
originally intended to be used in embedded systems in household
appliances. I think most serious programmers would agree that you
do't need UNIX in an embedded system (though there is a stripped-down
version of Linux for embedded systems). That this means it was
intended to supplant UNIX is stretching, to say the least.
> And yes, SUN did at one time say that Java was intended to
> supplant UNIX, including their own version of it. I think
> they've stopped saying it in public.
I'd like to see a specific reference to their statement, so I
could evaluate it in context.
Steven J. Owens
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