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Asked: 2026-06-12T12:39:09+00:00

I have downloaded the javac source code from here and I found that the

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I have downloaded the javac source code from here and I found that the it itself is written in java language. However, I was expecting that it was written in c/c++.

Anyway, how does this java compiler source code written in java compiled when there was no java compiler?

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  1. Editorial Team

    From here :

    The very first Java compiler developed by Sun Microsystems was written in C using some libraries from C++

    Besides the compiled bytecode is interpreted by JVM which is written in c++. From here:

    The Oracle JVM, named HotSpot, is written in the C++ language

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