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Java is compiled into platform-agnostic bytecode which can be (theoretically, at least) executed by any JVM on any platform. C is compiled into assembly language for whatever CPU you are targeting (so if you're targeting the x86 architecture, the C compiler will create x86 assembler, or amd64 assembler if you're targeting that architecture, or ARM assembler, etc). Then the assembly language is turned into object files (binary assembler, really), which are linked into an executable file (several different formats, depending on the target machine).

Craig Tullis
– Craig Tullis

2015-06-02 20:28:38 +00:00
Commented Jun 2, 2015 at 20:28
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There is nothing in the Java Language Specification that says anything about the JVM, and in fact, there are implementations of Java without the JVM. On Android, Java programs run on the Dalvik VM (now obsolete) or the Android Runtime, there are implementations of Java for the CLI, implementations that compile to ECMAScript, and implementations that compile to native code. There are C compilers which compile to the JVM. There are C compilers which compile to ECMAScript. There are C interpreters.

Jörg W Mittag
– Jörg W Mittag

2015-06-02 22:14:01 +00:00
Commented Jun 2, 2015 at 22:14

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