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Subject: Re: Explaining what is the LIC
From: Mark S Waterbury <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 11:36:35 -0500
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More importantly, the JVM isolates the Java applications from the actual "hardware" it is running on. No concerns about "big endian" vs. "little endian," or 32-bit vs. 64-bit, etc. (for the most part.) This is what gives Java its "portability" across so many different platforms.

> On 12/15/2017 11:32 AM, Nathan Andelin wrote:

On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 7:14 AM, Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

.NET was MS's response to Java and the JVM.

Good point. And what is Java's mantra? Write once, run anywhere! A JVM
insulates Java from the operating system underneath.

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RE: Explaining what is the LIC , Jim Oberholtzer
Re: Explaining what is the LIC , Nathan Andelin

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