Re: The Joy of Java

[Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>]

On Mon, 29 Apr 1996, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> 
> Java applications can't save files to disk or use data files on
> disk. If you were, for instance, buying two CPU weeks of idle time on
> some machines, you would need stuff like checkpointing or the ability
> to save intermediate results.

See the documentation for FileOutputStream; unsigned java applets can't 
make persistent changes, but signed ones can. Applications can always 
access the file system

Simon

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