[TUHS] Compilation "vs" byte-code interpretation, was Re: Looking back to 1981 - what pascal was popular on what unix?

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On 2022-01-30 17:51, Dan Cross wrote (in part):
> Not really. As an interesting aside, before Java became widespread I 
> heard folks mention "P-code" as a generic term for what most folks 
> mean when they say "bytecode." Now we often just say "bytecode."

Wirth called his Pascal bytecode P-code and his Modula bytecode M-code.  
Why did Gosling not call his bytecode "J-code"?

>         - Dan C.