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To: Bearded One who wrote (8487)	6/17/1998 12:36:00 AM
From: Gerald Walls	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Java Source Code is what programmers write. It then gets compiled into "Java Byte Code." Just like C++ code gets compiled on Intel machines into "x86 object code" which can be run on Intel or Cyrix or AMD machines, this Java Byte code can be run by a certain set of machines. In most cases, the machines are actually themselves software programs known as "Java Virtual Machines," or JVM's. A JVM running on an Intel machine is written in, naturally, "x86 object code". This is not like C++ getting compiled to into native executable code. This is like ancient Pascal compilers producing P-code.