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by hansjorg 4569 days ago
Except that between the two, only the JVM is truly cross platform, Mono notwithstanding.
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_random_ 4569 days ago
Really? How can I use JVM on iOS? Is there a good toolchain for Java -> native iOS?
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bad_user 4568 days ago
Besides RoboVM [1], there are also other solutions, like Codename One [2] that's based on XMLVM [3], or Avian [4] which is a new and very promising lightweight VM that can also compile code to native. And there's also J2ObcC [5] a compiler that's being developed and used by Google to share code between Android and iOS.

You know, Java can be many things, but you can't beat its ecosystem ;-)

[1] http://www.robovm.org/

[2] http://www.codenameone.com/

[3] http://xmlvm.org/overview/

[4] http://oss.readytalk.com/avian/

[5] http://code.google.com/p/j2objc/

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rbanffy 4569 days ago
We were talking about servers. A Java program can run on just about every server platform out there, from puniest Windows Server machines all the way to IBM's largest mainframe and Cray's larger supercomputer.
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chii 4569 days ago
sure there is - RoboVM just came out recently.

In any case, JVM runs on more platforms than any others.

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