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Is Jikes RVM for all programmers?

April 26, 2017jikes programmers rvm

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Is Jikes RVM for all programmers?

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Jikes RVM was initially designed for researchers. Jikes RVM can run many, but not all Java programs. The Classpath libraries, which Jikes RVM uses, currently does not provide a complete Java implementation; Swing and AWT coverage is particularly incomplete. Jikes RVM also currently does not support other features such as bytecode verification. Despite these limitations Jikes RVM can run many preexisting substantial Java applications without modification. Eclipse is an open source multi-million line Java program, which has in the past runs without modification on Jikes RVM. It differs from many Java GUI applications in that it does not use AWT or Swing.