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Why Java is platform independent? And how to set path in Java?

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Why Java is platform independent?

Because it's sometimes a very good thing to be able to write and run the same software on Windows/Linux/Mac.

And how to set path in Java?

That depends on which platform you are using (which demonstrates the practical limitations to complete platform independence!)

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as to 'how is Java platform independent', since my guess is that's your actual question.
for each platform there is a different JRE, which handles the differences. so the code you write/compile, won't have to be re-compiled, you just need to have the right JRE installed on the system where you want to run your code, but you need that anyway if you want to run a Java application.

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