> >I'm as big a fan of Java as anyone, and I certainly think we should
> >aggressively work to bring the two together. I even agree that
> >picking one initial "preserred" language for VRML is an excellent
> >strategic move. But I don't see the urgency -- or purpose -- of
> >permanently locking VRML into a single scripting language.
But must all beowsers support all languages!? This is silly!
There should be one basic language, since this needs to be downloaded to all
beowsers running in a multiuser world, and it need to run "identically" on
all hosts.
However, there MAY be multiple languages for the "controlling host" in a
simulation, i.e. the "brain" (which can be sitting on host X always and
don't need to be downloaded) can be written in language Y, as long as it
understands/supports the network protocol. The "engines" which carry out the
network command inside the beowsers, MUST be one, single, portable,
downloadable language!!
IMHO, of course....
/Z
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