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  2. From: hraiser@cloud9.net
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc,comp.lang.c++
  4. Subject: Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"
  5. Followup-To: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc,comp.lang.c++
  6. Date: 4 Feb 1996 00:31:34 -0500
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  12.  
  13. Andrew J. Williams (andrew@williaj.demon.co.uk) wrote:
  14. : Isn't Java an interpreted language?
  15.  
  16.   Yes.  Java runs in a "virtual Java machine" which interprets byte codes of
  17. "compiled" classes.  Compiled, in this case is not the same as a C/C++ or
  18. Pascal compile.
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