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Re:Jazelle DBX: Allow ARM processors to execute Java bytecod... by miohtama on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @04:25AM (#39101257)
Java is a light client programming language that found a small niche in server programming.
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Re:Jazelle DBX: Allow ARM processors to execute Java bytecod... by kaba0 on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @04:39AM (#39101359)
It doesn’t really make sense to attribute the initial domain of a language to the whole platform. Especially when Java can have so many faces, and that it’s numero 1 use case is backend applications. Android is a comparatively small market.
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Re:Jazelle DBX: Allow ARM processors to execute Java bytecod... by funcDropShadow on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @10:50AM (#39118762)
> Java ... found a small niche in server programming.

Lol, virtually all business server applications are running on th e JVM in the corner of the world that I see.

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