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From: "Mark Habersack" <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 09:14:11 +0100
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Once upon a time (on 28 Apr 97 at 23:38) Pierre Phaneuf said:

> On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Mark Habersack wrote:
> 
> > > Java has a nice one.
> > Yes, but it's still an *application* garbage collector, and not a *system*
> > one.
> 
> Not exactly... Java is actually a computer system. That's all the magic
> there is to making it work on multiple platform: it is one in itself. Java
> is a machine description, like you can have a machine description for a x86
> or a 680x0. Except that we have actual physical x86 and 680x0 to use, where
> we have to create emulators (the Java VMs, Virtual Machines) to run the Java
> code. So in fact, the Java GC is a system-wide GC, except that for the
> moment, most VMs run without any real operating system, just the bare
> application... :-)
I see... I've never got to know Java that close (and I don't think I'm going 
to ;-)), but the concept seems very interesting!
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