Bloomberg Interview Question

Would Java Bytecode generated by Java 7 work on a JVM made to function on Java 1.0?

Interview Answers

Anonymous

Feb 10, 2014

No, it can't. JVMs are not forward compatible, they can only run bytecodes generated by current or previous versions.

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Anonymous

Mar 2, 2013

Yes.. Java Bytecode didn't change, Java syntax did!

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