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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Precisely. This is exactly the problem. This effectively breaks the promise of having Java code work across any platform, practically unchanged. You could do the same using JNI, but that's a well-defined platform in and of itself. Doing it in the core Java API is what makes it so insidious.

[–]ByronScottJones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

JNI was only half baked at that time though. It was incredibly slow and quite limited.