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Maybe so, but good luck finding a recent JVM for any platform other than MS Windows, Sparc Solaris, x86 Linux (32 bit, I believe), and perhaps Mac OS X. I have code that runs more places than that, and it's not Java code.

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Re^4: Possibility of Perl running on Java VM?
by techcode (Hermit) on Jun 17, 2005 at 19:04 UTC
    Corect me if I'm wrong (probably I am to some point) but from the list that you wrote, most have Perl ... yet Windows doesnt have Perl.

    And overall, weither we like it or not, Windows has most desktop users (personal computers, in companies) ...
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      Perl on Win32:

      http://www.activestate.com/

      Java on Win32:

      http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/download.html#sdk

      This release of the J2EE 1.4 SDK and the Sun Java System Application Server is available for the following platforms:
      • Solaris 8 SPARC
      • Solaris 9, 10 (SPARC and x86)
      • Sun Java Desktop System
      • Windows 2000 Advanced Server
      • Windows XP
      • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3.0
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        Yes there is ActiveState for Windows, I it's not only Perl distribution for windows. I for instace have IndigoPerl from IndigoStar.com - It's nice convinient bundle of Apache and Perl and it's compatible with ActiveState (can use PPM's ...)

        I seem to again have problem of explaining myself and my tougths:|

        How many ordinary people (desktop users) know about Perl?
        How many of them know about Java?

        How many of them have Java installed?
        How many of them have Perl installed

        Am I any more clear now?

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