It is very likely that you were taught the same lesson as me when you first started learning Java: the benefits of using the JVM.
Usually, that lesson is just a very brief and general description of Java’s well-known cycle: Write source code, compile to bytecode, run anywhere. Thanks, JVM!
Nowadays, that’s hardly a cutting-edge selling point anymore. Nonetheless, I’d like to talk about Java’s bytecode part today, more specifically about bytecode instructions. Even though almost all Java developers know what bytecode is and why it is used, many of…


