<s>
SuperWaba	B-Language
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
Java-like	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
(	O
VM	O
)	O
that	O
targets	O
portable	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
developers	O
use	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
(	O
APIs	B-Application
)	O
,	O
accessed	O
through	O
associated	O
libraries	O
(	O
packaged	O
as	O
Jars	B-Language
)	O
and	O
small	O
tools	O
(	O
together	O
composing	O
a	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
)	O
,	O
to	O
create	O
applications	O
that	O
can	O
run	O
within	O
the	O
VM	O
on	O
supported	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SuperWaba	B-Language
VM	O
and	O
API	B-Application
implement	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
which	O
allows	O
it	O
to	O
run	O
under	O
a	O
standard	B-Language
Java	I-Language
VM	I-Language
or	O
as	O
a	O
Java	B-Application
applet	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Micro	I-Language
Edition	I-Language
which	O
was	O
designed	O
under	O
a	O
different	O
Java	B-Language
specification	O
than	O
that	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Standard	I-Language
Edition	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Classes	O
compiled	O
for	O
the	O
SuperWaba	B-Language
VM	O
must	O
be	O
compiled	O
for	O
Java	B-Language
2	O
,	O
Standard	O
Edition	O
1.2	O
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
that	O
the	O
SuperWaba	B-Language
VM	O
does	O
not	O
conform	O
to	O
a	O
particular	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
SuperWaba	B-Language
API	B-Application
allows	O
recompiling	O
an	O
application	O
's	O
classes	O
to	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Standard	I-Language
Edition	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
an	O
application	O
is	O
retargeted	O
in	O
this	O
way	O
,	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Standard	I-Language
Edition	I-Language
are	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
its	O
likeness	O
to	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
2	I-Language
standard	I-Language
edition	I-Language
specification	O
,	O
SuperWaba	B-Language
is	O
appropriately	O
constrained	O
for	O
hardware	O
limitations	O
typically	O
encountered	O
on	O
portable	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Especially	O
,	O
the	O
SuperWaba	B-Language
VM	O
has	O
been	O
optimized	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
devices	O
with	O
small	O
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compiled	O
code	O
runs	O
at	O
1/3	O
to	O
1/2	O
the	O
speed	O
of	O
a	O
pure	O
C	B-Language
application	O
on	O
a	O
Palm	O
platform	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
a	O
Windows	B-Library
API	I-Library
(	O
Win32	B-Library
)	O
platform	O
is	O
approximately	O
three	O
to	O
four	O
times	O
faster	O
than	O
a	O
JIT-compiled	O
Java	B-Language
due	O
partly	O
to	O
its	O
integer-only	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SuperWaba	B-Language
VM	O
and	O
API	B-Application
are	O
both	O
extensible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
published	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
licensees	O
may	O
buy	O
an	O
LGPL	B-Application
version	O
,	O
that	O
lets	O
them	O
link	O
it	O
with	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applications	O
and	O
libraries	O
written	O
for	O
SuperWaba	B-Language
may	O
be	O
sold	O
,	O
but	O
most	O
appear	O
to	O
be	O
available	O
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
from	O
the	O
main	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SuperWaba	B-Language
evolved	O
from	O
the	O
Waba	O
project	O
which	O
was	O
an	O
independent	O
forerunner	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
Platform	I-Language
,	I-Language
Micro	I-Language
Edition	I-Language
(	O
Java	B-Language
ME	I-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SuperWaba	B-Language
had	O
initial	O
support	O
only	O
for	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
;	O
starting	O
in	O
version	O
3	O
,	O
it	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
,	O
as	O
the	O
prior	O
Waba	O
VM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
5.0	O
release	O
,	O
SuperWaba	B-Language
has	O
used	O
the	O
SDL	B-Operating_System
library	I-Operating_System
for	O
driving	O
the	O
display	O
,	O
which	O
increases	O
its	O
portability	O
to	O
many	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
support	O
for	O
SuperWaba	B-Language
has	O
ceased	O
and	O
its	O
successor	O
,	O
TotalCross	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
primary	O
mobile	O
SDK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TotalCross	O
,	O
a	O
superior	O
solution	O
to	O
SuperWaba	B-Language
,	O
offers	O
greater	O
platform	O
stability	O
,	O
leaner	O
compilation	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
code	I-Language
,	O
and	O
added	O
ability	O
in	O
a	O
smaller	O
footprint	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SuperWaba	B-Language
applications	O
can	O
be	O
developed	O
under	O
any	O
JDK	O
supporting	O
Java	B-Language
1.2	O
or	O
greater	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
libraries	O
and	O
tools	O
integrate	O
with	O
development	O
environments	O
such	O
as	O
Eclipse	B-Application
,	O
JBuilder	B-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SuperWaba	B-Language
libraries	O
offer	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
abilities	O
,	O
from	O
barcode	O
scanners	O
to	O
complex	O
mathematics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SuperWaba	B-Language
website	O
features	O
a	O
wiki	B-Protocol
for	O
developers	O
and	O
users	O
to	O
contribute	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
