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by pjmlp 21 hours ago
It is exactly the same for WASM outside of the browser, and Java has Android as counter part to built in runtime.
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Java's vm does not start in milliseconds nor has dozen independent implementations in every ecosystem
Folks tend to think only Oracle does Java, and the only place to get it is from https://www.java.com.

Maybe they should broaden their horizons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Java_virtual_machines

And some like PTC or microEJ are missing from the list.

Yes, but inside the browser is a freaking big use case.
Not really, I don't need COM / CORBA on the browser.