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The Java virtual machine is a [[Virtual machine]] that runs Java [[byte code]], the codescode produced by a [[Java programming language|Java]] [[compiler]] or compilers from other languages which produce this code.

The specification for this virtual machine are published in book form and [http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/ html] and anybody is allowed to write an implementation of it. The preface states:

<i>:We intend that this specification should sufficiently document the Java Virtual Machine to make possible compatible clean-room implementations. Sun provides tests which verify the proper operation of implementations of the Java Virtual Machine. </i>. [http://www.kaffe.org/ www.kaffe.org] shows an example of a group of developers having done this.

See [http://www.kaffe.org/ www.kaffe.org] for an example of a group of developers having done this.

[http://grunge.cs.tu-berlin.de/~tolk/vmlanguages.html List of languages] which compile to the Java virtual machine.

==External Link==

*[http://grunge.cs.tu-berlin.de/~tolk/vmlanguages.html List of languages] which compile to the Java virtual machine.