Java Versus .NET Languages

Note

To do a decent comparison between the CLR and a JVM, it makes sense to install Java. The discussions in this Appendix assume use of Java 1.4 of Java and the associated PDK from Sun (http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/index.jshtml).

Look at Listing D.1, which shows the simplest of Java programs.

Listing D.1. Hello World in Java
// To compile and run
// javac -classpath . helloworld.java
// java HelloWorld
// (case is important)
class HelloWorld
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        System.out.println("Hello World from Java!");
    }
}

Compiling this program produces a class file called HelloWorld.class. To run the program, type java HelloWorld. With Java, you specify a class name to run. Running this program ...

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