In addition, Java SE 6 includes built-in support for script engines, and JSR 223 defines a standard interface to interact with dynamic languages running on the Java platform.

First, why is Java cross-platform? Let's dig into the history of the language first. Sun Microsystems, the inventor of Java, was a popular vendor in the computer workstation market in the 1990s. As ...

Java Platform Standard Edition. ... Today Oracle released Security Alert CVE-2013-1493 to address two vulnerabilities affecting Java running in web browsers (CVE-2013-1493 and CVE-2013-0809).

The endian coversion of the code isn't a penalty, since it can be done once at load time, JIT or anywhere.<BR><BR>x86 and x86_64 JVMs are little-endian internally apparently as well.<BR><BR>i don ...