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A compiler transforms high-level programming code into platform-independent bytecode, while a Java interpreter reads and executes this bytecode on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java is considered platform independent because its compiler generates a class file that can run on any machine with a JVM, although it is dependent on the presence of the JVM for execution. This distinction allows Java programs to be executed across different platforms without modification.

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A compiler transforms high-level programming code into platform-independent bytecode, while a Java interpreter reads and executes this bytecode on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java is considered platform independent because its compiler generates a class file that can run on any machine with a JVM, although it is dependent on the presence of the JVM for execution. This distinction allows Java programs to be executed across different platforms without modification.

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Complier

• A compiler is a computer program that transforms code


written in a high-level programming language into the
platform independent file.
• It is the software that converts java source file into bytecode
an intermediate language to generate the class file.
Interpreter
• Java interpreter is a computer program (system software)
that implements the JVM. It is responsible for reading and
executing the program.
• It is designed in such a way that it can read the source
program and translate the source code instruction by
instruction.
• It converts the intermediate-level program into machine
language.
Compiler vs. Interpreter
Platform Dependent

• A software developed on one platform and executed on the


same platform is known as platform dependent.
• Example: C, C++.
Platform Independent

• A software developed on one platform and


executed on any platform is known as
platform independent.
Why java is platform independent?
• Java compiler does not directly convert high
level language into a machine understandable
language, instead it converts java instructions
into intermediate language called as ByteCode.
• The file is known as the class file with extension
.class.
• Once the class file is ready it can be executed in
any machine which has JVM in it. This makes
the java a platform independent.
Cont.……..
• Note: Java is platform independent language but, it is
JVM dependent language.
• We cannot execute the class file or byte code in
which the system does not contain JVM.

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