At a high level, the difference between a compiled and interpreted language is that an interpreted language is compiled into an intermediary form and not machine code. Compiled code can run faster, ...

The combination of the Java Virtual Machine (Java interpreter), the core class library and supporting files, all of which are required to run a Java program. See Java and Java Virtual Machine. THIS ...

BALTIMORE--Sun Microsystems told a federal judge on Tuesday that its Java programming language had been so harmed by Microsoft that it must be included with every copy of Windows XP. During the first ...

BeanShell is an excellent Java interpreter with several extensions to the Java syntax that make it particularly interesting. The script can access real Java classes, execute their methods, load new ...