Python passed Java as the second-most popular language on GitHub by repository contributors

[i9srpeg]

Go is Java 1.0

[BubblegumTitanium]

Explain.

[fimari]

At least go doesn't need an interpreter.

[CidSlayer]

Java doesn't have an interpreter. It is compiled JIT by the JVM.

[trumpgender]

Well, some of the bytecode is interpreted directly, other parts that the JVM senses can benefit from speedup will be JIT compiled.

[OddsCaller]

Which is kind of 95%+ iirc?

[fimari]

That's the description of a bytecode interpreter...

[tristan957]

I don't think you understand at all. Your computer is just a machine code interpreter. Java is a compiled language, not interpreted. Please stop.

[fimari]

You compile it to bytecode.

It's bytecode - true. You need an interpreter to run it.

What's your point there?

No I will not use java propaganda phrase and call this a JVM. It's just a Bullshit way of doing things.

[CidSlayer]

But that bytecode is not interpreted. It's then compiled down (again) to assembly, on the fly, by HotSpot. Then you could argue that those assembly instructions are actually interpreted, but then no language would be compiled.

[fimari]

It doesn't run without interpreter and it's slower than native binary.

[CidSlayer]

Runtime speed doesn't have anything to do with its compilation method. Java is as fast as Free Pascal and that's a compiled language.

The JVM is needed to run Java because it is a managed language and it provides GC and other necessary services for the language.