Java- OS independent & multi-threaded

[vaishnavi]

Hi,

Java is said to be OS independent and also multi threaded. I have a question on this. If I try to run a multi-threaded Java program on MS-DOS will it work?

Till what I found, it does not work. Then why is Java said to be a OS independent language?

[FourCourtJester]

You still need to have Sun Microsystems Virtual Java Machine installed.

All operating systems that are supported are listed at http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp .

To run java through dos, you would need an emulator for the java environment to be installed to utilize the java virtual machine.