Why is the C language platform-dependent, and why is Java platform-independent?

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In C, machine code is different for different processor architecture, and thus could not run natively on incompatible platforms unless you have a emulator to help you out. But in Java, the bytecode i.e, remains consitent across the platforms and just need a platform dependent JVM for its execution. It...
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In C, machine code is different for different processor architecture, and thus could not run natively on incompatible platforms unless you have a emulator to help you out. But in Java, the bytecode i.e, remains consitent across the platforms and just need a platform dependent JVM for its execution. It is bytecode fromat, which make a piece of code written in java platform independent. read less
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because of the bytecode, which is generated in the java, which is an intermediate code which can run on any machine whereas c produce machine code which is platform dependent
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The C compiler is designed to produce produces platform-specific, optimized code. The Java compiler produces not-that-much optimized bytecode which comes somewhere between object code and machine-code in terms of platform-optimization. C is designed for producing the fastest-performing code. Java...
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The C compiler is designed to produce produces platform-specific, optimized code. The Java compiler produces not-that-much optimized bytecode which comes somewhere between object code and machine-code in terms of platform-optimization. C is designed for producing the fastest-performing code. Java is designed for portability. That was touted as its main feature. So, these features are built into the languages. read less
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