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- From: mac@zeus.hsrc.ac.za (Malcolm Coulter)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Java? Was: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"
- Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 10:04:18 GMT
- Organization: HSRC
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- Since I can never get into Sun's Java site, perhaps someone could clarify what
- Java is.. I have heard the following:
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- - Java is an interpreter for the JavaScript scripting language.
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- - Java produces p-code (or someting similar) for Internet Java browser to
- interpret.
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- - Java is a full compiler that produces .EXE files using a language that is
- C++-like in syntax but with less indeterminacies and a single-inheritance
- object hierarchy.
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- - Java is all of these
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- All revelations gratefully received ....
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