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Belisarius · 08-11-2004, 05:59 AM

The source-code is portable in C++, but the compiled program isn't. When Java says "platform independant", it means that the compiled program can be run from any platform. You don't need to come up with different distributions for different systems.

08-11-2004, 05:59 AM	#18 (permalink)
Belisarius Java fanboy Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,175	The source-code is portable in C++, but the compiled program isn't. When Java says "platform independant", it means that the compiled program can be run from any platform. You don't need to come up with different distributions for different systems. __________________ GitS