@bascule Java gets run in lots of embedded contexts, for historical reasons. See eg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Card
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@emerose once upon a time I dealt with the horror that was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCable_Application_Platform …
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@bascule a java bytecode interpreter is still better than dicey C code. Most java bugs are API issues, not lang issues. -
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@bascule well, it's probably better than issuing sparc32 instructions directly :)
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@bascule if so, they found a better use for JVM on a chip than Sun ever did: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_processor …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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