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- 7you answered your own question in the first paragraphratchet freak– ratchet freak2012-04-18 23:18:36 +00:00Commented Apr 18, 2012 at 23:18
- 6'twasn't new with Java. UCSD Pascal (for only one example) did the same.Jerry Coffin– Jerry Coffin2012-04-18 23:28:02 +00:00Commented Apr 18, 2012 at 23:28
- 2@EmAe And I would point out the irony that you picked two CI build systems that run on the JVM.Andrew T Finnell– Andrew T Finnell2012-04-18 23:58:56 +00:00Commented Apr 18, 2012 at 23:58
- 2"instead of downloading respective VM you download the respective compiler and that compiler will take care of the machine-code+OS for that specific machine" - we have that, its called C. Its the very essence of how software is distributed on linux, for example (prior to package managers). I'm sorry, but I have to vote to close.GrandmasterB– GrandmasterB2012-04-19 05:14:41 +00:00Commented Apr 19, 2012 at 5:14
- 1Eric Lippert's article, Why IL? answers this question in the context of .Net.Brian– Brian2012-04-19 18:27:27 +00:00Commented Apr 19, 2012 at 18:27
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