Released in 1995, the philosophy behind Java is "write once, run anywhere." In other words, a program written in Java can theoretically run on any machine that supports it. While the implementation ...

Chronon Systems, which offers technology for recording and playing back Java programs, contends that the bytecode verifier featured in Java 7 is a huge step backward for the Java virtual machine. “The ...

Q: If I encrypt my .class files and use a custom classloader to load and decrypt them on the fly, will this prevent decompilation? A: The problem of preventing Java byte-code decompilation is almost ...

In the quest for ever faster JavaScript, there has been a recurring refrain: why use JavaScript at all? JavaScript engines have been a major focus of browser developers for some years, and the result ...