Re: [NTLK] Off-Topic Linux (PDA) Question

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On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Laurent Daudelin wrote:

> > Uh, no. (I thought that) Java bytecode (.class file) is compiled code
> > compatiable with the JVM, therefore it would run unchanged on a
> > theoretical physical JVM CPU.
>
> Huh? If you have a JVM CPU that can processes raw bytecode, sure, that'd be
> fine, but AFAIK, the JRE still has to translate those bytecode into machine
> code for a specific CPU.
>

Gah.. Okay. Here are some diagrams kinda:

On any PC right now, you have:
Java Source -> (JAVAC) -> Java ByteCode -> (JAVA) -> CPU

Note that you have (JAVA) translating the ByteCode to run on the CPU. (A
little simplified, but basicially that's what's happening)

On a (totally hypothetical) JavaCPU'd machine, you have:
Java Source -> (JAVAC) -> CPU

No (JAVA) translation layer. Kapich?

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