not sure if this is a right place.....but what exactly does it mean if a programming language is portable?
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Jump to PostIt means you can use it on different kinds of computers.
Jump to PostThere is nothing left to explain.
Jump to PostGenerally it means not too many assumptions on underlying computer, for example ltitle or big endian, or operating system services.
Jump to PostThere are different degrees of portability. Probably the best you can hope for in terms of portability is a language that either runs on a virtual machine (then your code is as portable as there are virtual machines for different computers) or in an interpreter (ditto, for interpreters) and even …
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