[PLUG] Java (was Re: Plugins and Mozilla)

[Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@lazerware.com>]

At 9:43 PM -0500 1/29/01, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> and Apple should be shot because they're not making things any easier.

	To be fair, Apple's JVM implementation is actually pretty 
complete and solid (given the limitations of a non-preemptively 
tasked OS trying to run an "OS" (aka Java) designed for PMT systems) 
- though it's only a 1.x JVM.

	On the other hand, Mac OS X & it's Sun-based Java 2 
implementation kicks some serious Java butt!!   It really has the 
potential to be the best Java client platform out there!


> Better just to remember that I have yet to see
> Java employed in *any* truly useful application (please, let's not
> get in a fight over this, folks), and laugh at the silly language.
> And then get sad, because if Sun had done Java right to begin with,
> it would be so much better...
	Java serves today as a great platform for server-based 
applications (ie. Servlets), because all of it's advantages can be 
put into play, while ignore the "run once, debug everywhere" problems 
that plagued it for client side use.


Leonard
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