Do virtual arguments actually exist in java?

[spice lance]

I was talking to ChatGPT about VM options (program args) and it schooled me on the differences between 'virtual arguments' and 'program arguments'

The thing is that when I google, I can't find the phrase 'virtual arguments' in any documentation

Is it a synonym for a different term that I might be using incorrect keywords for?

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[high dune]

void foo(String bar)
^ I think gpt is calling this as virtual argument, we normally use method parameters / arguments

[last dagger]

Virtual arguments don't exist

but VM arguments (arguments to the JVM (Java virtual machine)) do

and never trust ChatGPT on anything

[quartz musk]

yeah chatgpt is just bullshitting you on that term

[spice lance]

Ok so GPT has taken to gaslighting me claiming that the actual term for what it was referring to as 'virtual arguments' is 'virtual method invocation' and that it doesn't remember ever saying otherwise

[tender rain]

it's not gaslighting, it's just stupid lol

[quartz musk]

i mean, the whole point of chatgpt is to gaslight you into believing it