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all code is native code eventually (although there are experimental cpus that can execute java byte code directly eg. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_processor )


No, lots of VMs don't have any JIT and just interpret bytecode with a loop around a big switch statement (e.g. Python before 3.13).


fwiw there's like a billion devices out there with cpus that can run java byte code directly - it's hardly experimental. for example, Jazelle for ARM was very widely deployed


Listed in that wiki, along with the much older Picojava




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