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		zach on Oct 18, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How does this compare to Arc? Now now, no need for a slur like "built on top of Java" just because it compiles for the JVM rather than its own VM.

herdrick on Oct 18, 2007 [–]

Right, it isn't necessarily built on a core of Java; it's core might be Java bytecode.

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