At 4:33 PM -0800 1/13/98, Adam Back wrote:
Java has a lot going for it as a candidate due to portability and code distribution support. I think the only thing missing from java is the bidding and scheduling mechanisms. Your other forwarded message on plan 9 looks interesting also.
I haven't checked on them in the last few months, but "Electric Communities" (www.communities.com) was doing some interesting work on adding security and market mechanism extensions to Java, in a superset language they called "E." Many Cypherpunk list members, past and present worked on aspects of this, including Chip Morningstar (one of the founders), Doug Barnes, Norm Hardy, Bill Frantz, Mark Miller, etc. They can speak up and say more. --Tim May The Feds have shown their hand: they want a ban on domestic cryptography ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^2,976,221 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."