[virtmach] Your VM

[Thomas Fjellstrom]

"Murray, Peter C" wrote:
> 
> >> Hum.
> >> What is the difference between a VM and an interpreter ? For me a VM
> >> is a "byte code interpreter", so I do not understand the distinction.
> 
> >Hmmm... In my mind a VM is is a much lower abstraction than an
> >interpreter.
> 
> Hmmm Hmmm... I recall a discusion on this very list a few years ago
> discussing the definition of a VM.  I can't remember if there was any
> definitive result though.
> 

there probably wasn't :) I sat and thought about it for
a while... Sort of grasping at straws...

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