Java is a programming language designed to be independent of the computer processor and the operating system. This is because the Java compiler does not generate machine-specific byte code as do most traditional programming languages. It generates a byte code that can be understood by the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The JVM is a program that can read and understand the JVM byte code, map it to native objects, and execute the code.
We hope in the near future Visual Physics will be available on disks, CD-ROM and other forms of media.
