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  2. From: Tim Arnold <yimmit@well.com>
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc,comp.lang.c++
  4. Subject: Re: Java? Was: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"
  5. Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1996 13:11:56 -0800
  6. Organization: The WELL
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  15. > - Java is a full compiler that produces .EXE files using a language that is
  16. > C++-like in syntax but with less indeterminacies and a single-inheritance
  17. > object hierarchy.
  18.  
  19. I wish. No .exe files, only .class files which the Java interperter understands. This the idea 
  20. behind portability.
  21.