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1996-12-11 - Re: Java DES breaker?

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From: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 945f553ec943cbe1af4ac6ec0d8e4d5ea16abd9f9abdae666597adfdea2f65e7
Message ID: <199612112233.QAA02084@manifold.algebra.com>
Reply To: <6uBsyD129w165w@bwalk.dm.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-12-11 22:38:52 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 14:38:52 -0800 (PST)

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From: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 14:38:52 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Java DES breaker?
In-Reply-To: <6uBsyD129w165w@bwalk.dm.com>
Message-ID: <199612112233.QAA02084@manifold.algebra.com>
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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
> Ray Arachelian <sunder@brainlink.com> 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.

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