From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject:	Re: Not-emulators (was AMD processors and assembly language)
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On Sun, 19 Mar 2000 13:36:08 GMT, "AndrewJ" <luminous-is AT home DOT com>
wrote:

>> To me, an "emulator" is something that translates one machine
>> language to another on the fly (either by interpreting or dynamic
>> recompilation).  For example, NES and Java programs run on emulators.
>
>But Java doesn't really have it's own machine language, it's bytecode.

i386 executable code is also a code made of bytes, a bytecode.

>So Java programs don't really run under an emulator, they run under an
>interpreter, right?

What's the dif?  There are interpretive emulators and dynarec (dynamic
recompilation) emulators.

>Unless they have made a native Java processor when I wasn't looking?

The Sun Java chips?  Look for MicroJava and UltraJava.

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