Im reading this article to try and familiarise myself with the
Java technology.
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/getStarted/intro/definition.html In the article i came across this statement "The API and Java Virtual Machine insulate the program from the underlying hardware."
I can see how the JVM insulates teh program from the underlying hardware but can someone please clarify to me how the API does the same thing? (As per statement above)
Thanks