Briefly: The JVM is the Java platform component that executes your programs. The JRE creates the JVM and ensures dependencies are available to your programs.

I have found the tools and utilities that come with the Sun-provided Java SDK (especially the monitoring and management tools ) to be very useful in daily Java development .

Azul and JetBrains have joined forces with a shared vision: to reexamine how Kotlin-generated bytecode interacts with the Java runtime (known as a Java Virtual Machine or JVM) and uncover new ...