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1996-05-04 - Re: Why I dislike Java. (was Re: “Scruffies” vs. “Neats”)

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
To: “L. Detweiler” <vznuri@netcom.com>
Message Hash: c1e8a9218d7715ad07dc82796a001a73f60c60a337d4bf5e7d17d8a4b7b3f6c7
Message ID: <199605032042.QAA24915@jekyll.piermont.com>
Reply To: <199605032009.NAA22938@netcom16.netcom.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-05-04 06:51:33 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 14:51:33 +0800

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 14:51:33 +0800
To: "L. Detweiler" <vznuri@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Why I dislike Java. (was Re: "Scruffies" vs. "Neats")
In-Reply-To: <199605032009.NAA22938@netcom16.netcom.com>
Message-ID: <199605032042.QAA24915@jekyll.piermont.com>
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"L.Detweiler" writes:
> but again, the Java designers never claimed that
> "Perry Metzger will be able to use Java in his mission critical
> funds transfer application".

And, Detweiler, I keep saying that I don't care about not being able
to use it there -- the problem is even having a copy of Netscape with
Java enabled on the same machine as a trading system. One instance of
Netscape running Java can endanger an entire trading floor.

.pm

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