Likestodraw Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 I am trying to put on VB6, but it says something about updating java on my virtual machine. Can someone please shed some light on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stein Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 It's nothing bad really, you can just let it do this. I'm not sure what it does because I never use Java but it has no bad impact or anything whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefroggy09 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I installed vb6 today and ran into this same thing.Just install it and restart. After restarting, the installer will open and start going again.No biggie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likestodraw Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 Ok thanks. Do you have any clue what it means when it says virtual machine, though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stein Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Technically Java runs in a virtual environment of some sort. It's probably to do with that. (Java is an interpreted language ran in a virtual environment, blah blah blah technical mumbo jumbo bla :P) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefroggy09 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 "A virtual machine (VM) is a software implementation of a machine (i.e. a computer) that executes programs like a physical machine. Virtual machines are separated into two major categories, based on their use and degree of correspondence to any real machine. A system virtual machine provides a complete system platform which supports the execution of a complete operating system (OS). In contrast, a process virtual machine is designed to run a single program, which means that it supports a single process. An essential characteristic of a virtual machine is that the software running inside is limited to the resources and abstractions provided by the virtual machineâ€â€it cannot break out of its virtual environment."(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likestodraw Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 @Scypher:> Technically Java runs in a virtual environment of some sort. It's probably to do with that. (Java is an interpreted language ran in a virtual environment, blah blah blah technical mumbo jumbo bla :P)Thanks for that!I just checked on Wikipedia and it said the same exact thing. I was just worried because I thought it meant that it was going to do something somewhere else on the network my computer is a part of (my dad is a network administrator, so he 'experiments' a lot at my house). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harris6310 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 @Scypher:> Technically Java runs in a virtual environment of some sort. It's probably to do with that. (Java is an interpreted language ran in a virtual environment, blah blah blah technical mumbo jumbo bla :P)![](http://images1.cliqueclack.com/tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dwight-425x293.jpg)Incorrect. Java is compiled to bytecode, which is then natively interpreted by the virtual machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroEBrown Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 @Harris:> ![](http://images1.cliqueclack.com/tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dwight-425x293.jpg)> > Incorrect. Java is compiled to bytecode, which is then natively interpreted by the virtual machine.You were supposed to say "False." Trololol> Java applications are typically compiled to bytecode (class file) that can run on any Java Virtual Machine (JVM) regardless of computer architecture.Thanks,Aero/EBrown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likestodraw Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 @Harris:> ![](http://images1.cliqueclack.com/tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dwight-425x293.jpg)> > Incorrect. Java is compiled to bytecode, which is then natively interpreted by the virtual machine.That confuses me. A lot.I'll put VB6 on tomorrow to avoid screwing up my project tonight and so that I can get out of packing :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stein Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Which is pretty much what I said with the addition of ByteCode, and amusing how it's ByteCode when 90% of the Java applications allow me to read and modify the source by opening it as a zip file. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harris6310 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 @Stein:> Which is pretty much what I said with the addition of ByteCode, and amusing how it's ByteCode when 90% of the Java applications allow me to read and modify the source by opening it as a zip file. :PThat's because you are opening the source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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