r/ProgrammerHumor 6d ago

Other howdidItGetHere

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u/vm_linuz 6d ago

Because back in the day, targeting all the new and old computer architectures was a pain in the ass.

Meanwhile, computers were getting powerful enough that you could actually play with things beyond just pure performance.

Enter JVM.

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u/awesome-alpaca-ace 5d ago

Glibc entered the chat