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[Paulo Pinto]

Walter Bright Wrote:

> On 12/18/2011 11:00 AM, Paulo Pinto wrote:
> > Walter Bright Wrote:
> >> I find this an odd statement because the Java VM is written in C, so therefore
> >> it is on the same or fewer platforms than C.
> >
> >
> > Which specific Java VM are you talking about?
> >
> > They come in all flavors, written in Assembly, C, C++ and even Java.
> 
> I thought they were all written in C.


The SunSpot VM is written in Java with a very small subset of C code.
http://www.sunspotworld.com
http://labs.oracle.com/projects/squawk/squawk-rjvm.html

The Jikes RVM is written mostly in Java.
http://jikesrvm.org/Presentations

The Maxime VM is written mostly in Java
http://148.87.46.199/projects/maxine/

The Oracle/Sun HotSpot is written in C++
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HotSpot

And this is just a small list, as there are quite a few JVMs around.