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sophiston Flash on iPhone would be a huge revenue leak

Yes, I agree with you of course. But I think the intended audience for this blog would be operating on a slightly looser and less academic meaning of the phrase "interpreted language," where the answer to the question, "Does a Java program get interpreted when it runs?" would be affirmative.

sophiston Flash on iPhone would be a huge revenue leak

Also, this is nice: "Java is an interpreted language. The JVM is the Java interpreter."

Technically this is true. The JVM interprets Java bytecode in the sense that it translates the bytecode into machine language on the fly.

sophiston Salmon is disappearing.

Didn't you get the handbook? Hackers are supposed to care about astronomy, physics, and math also. Not fish.

sophiston Building a Poker Bot: Part 3

Why? It would just be a long, whiney rant.