-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <ada79e9200021004908e@[205.199.118.202]>, tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May) wrote:
I think of it (and so do a lot of others) as:
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- a bytecode/virtual machine approach that means the same code can be run on any platform for which a VM exists (the key to applets, but also the key to portability...what the world might have looked like for the past 15 years has the UCSD p-system succeeded instead of MS-DOS)
What a horrifying thought! UCSD p-system actually made MS-DOS look good. And you're *advocating* Java? - -- Alan Bostick | They say in online country there is no middle way mailto:abostick@netcom.com | You'll either be a Usenet man or a thug for the CDA news:alt.grelb | Simon Spero (after Tom Glazer) http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~abostick -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQB1AwUBMYe70+VevBgtmhnpAQHqSwL/fUn6cf7YD8fZygWqEt6EY6jBA3++oPK4 j03Q2oMundOrbNZhyyb5dLwpANIfBcf+iw+s20LephsTmIaM7Y161pmgNpeNbvs6 mPVTftkDZ2su3FevG2j1nEH7J0Umlbx4 =XEHR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----