In theory, NCs can use a wide variety of microprocessors and OSes, because Java in
sulates the applications software from the underlying hardware and system software. Everything from the object file format and above is platform-independent and could run on any NC that has a Java run-time engine.
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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