Bloomberg Interview Question: Would Java Bytecode generated by Java 7 work on a JVM made to function on Java 1.0?

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

Anonymous

10 Feb 2014

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

Anonymous

2 Mar 2013

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