I just started learning Java and I'm confused about the topic of platform independence.
Doesn't "independent" imply that Java code should run on any machine and need no special software to be installed? Yet the JVM needs to be present in the machine.
For example, we need to have the Turbo C Compiler in order to compile C/C++ source code and then execute it. The machine has to have the C compiler.
Could somebody please what is meant when Java is described as "platform independent"?