Forgive me for circling repeatedly around this point, but the possibility that the Java Virtual Machine might long outlive the Java language itself is becoming increasingly intriguing to me. More ...

That old Java icon had a much bigger résumé than I gave it credit for.

Oracle's plan to merge the Sun HotSpot Java Virtual Machine with the JRockit JVM is still evolving, but a single JVM based on both technologies is expected in 18 months to two years, an Oracle ...

runtime, so initial application startup can be slower. On Solaris, there are several versions of Java, summarized in the table below. Java is upwards compatible, but if you use recent features you ...