Re: External behaviors (was Re: MISC: Inlined Sound Support)

Kevin Goldsmith ([email protected])
Tue, 18 Apr 1995 21:45:47 -0700 (PDT)


> http://java.sun.com/. The only kinds of Turing-complete languages which
> will be allowed are those which can be analyzed by the browser to ensure
> they run in a safe "virtual machine".
>
Excuse me? Is this going to be easier than just specifying a
language to be used? I think not. While I do not wish to get in a
language war, not specifying a language is a much bigger mistake than
specifying a bad one.

> Obviously the language will have to be platform dependent, and preferably
> the compilation happens in the browser itself after the code has
> been fetched (this makes safety checking not a herculean task, too).
> Java and Safe-Tcl are both platform-independent - heck, even Perl's
> pretty independent these days too, though hardly secure.
>
> Brian
>
Platform dependence is a super bad way to go. We need a platform
independant scripting language. This may mean an interpreted language
that is then run however the browser wishes (my preference). I am not
going to wait while my browser tries to compile a script. That will take
forever!

Kevin