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In article <31D30D2F.1762@lanl.gov>, tgt@lanl.gov says...
>
>1- Instead of pushing for Java (VM + language), Sun should push
>for the VM to be embedded on OS or/and hardware (from where
>they make money). This would mean to concentrate on the 
>available bytecodes to make them general enough for different
>type of applications or languages. Several vendors could
>implement their own OS as long as they provide the same
>interface/byte codes.

I agree that the VM is more important than the language, and that
it should be expanded for use by other languages, but there's no
reason not to distribute the language with the VM. The important
thing is to get the VM running everywhere, and including the 
language only makes it more accessable.

