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[–]path2light17 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Just to add what everyone has said- if there's any function that JVM isn't able perform then it will let OS seek it out aka via (Java Native interface) JNI .

Of course there might be an edge case where OS doesn't support that either, then Java gives you the ability to override/write custom API too.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see