Re: Perl and Java

he was talking about how Java doesn't need Runtime files

Nonsense. Java is compiled to bytecode. Unless you have a CPU which can natively execute java bytecode, you will need a java vm to convert the bytecode to native code.

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Re: Re: Perl and Java by Anonymous Monk on Apr 05, 2001 at 06:53 UTC
I'm sure the programmer who said that.. was viewing as it doesn't need runtime files.. such as VB. Java is cross platform in a way that it can run on any platform that has the jvm installed.. whereas perl can run on either Unix or Windows..if perl is installed. Which is more portable? I think both have their plus and minus'.. when it comes to that. Depends on what you want to do.	[reply]