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Re: Java DES breaker?
Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
> Ray Arachelian <[email protected]> writes:
>
> I happen to have a Sparc 20 box and a Linux box and a SCO box, and ActiveX
> won't work on any of those. I also work with a bunch of other equipment
> that's much faster than a PC, but doesn't run browsers. (Most of it is not
> connected to the 'net for security reasons, but that's besides the point.)
>
> If Bill's client is sure to run the platforms that MS IE runs on, then this is
> not a consideration.
>
> Interpreted FORTH bytestream (which is what Java is) may be "doing quite well"
> when drawing GUI gizmos and widgets, but it can't get anywhere near the
> performance of hand-optimizer assembler that you can stick into ActiveX.
I do not see any reason why Java code cannot be compiled. I think that
now there are java compilers available. Maybe even browsers will have
smarts to compile code that they execute.
- Igor.