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Posted by saddy on February 16, 2001 at 1:21 PM

when u compile ur program in java then ur program is converted into intermediate byte code i.e .class file these intermediate byte code are executed by jvm which is different for different machine. the jvm understands the .class file and executes according to OS thus java is platform independent as the .class file created in windows can be executed on unix platform.
JVM is not platform independent it is different for different OS

saddy

> 1>how java is plat formindependent?
> 2> is the jvm is different for different o.s?