17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Perry -- do you have the same basic objection to Safe-TCL that you do do to Java? I would think so.
Safe-TCL comes from a different starting place. For example, the original intent was to actually remove all the dangerous operations such as file manipulation. As Perry's explained, this is different, and better, then just having the run-time "guarantee" that all file I/O is in a "Safe" place. Claimer: I invented safe-tcl, started by creating a mailing list with Ousterhout and Borenstein. Disclaimer: I walked away in disgust with the announcement of "enabled mail" so they may have broken things. /r$