It may be useful if you are trying to obfuscate how connections are being
made, and hide protocols so that things stay secure.
Cheers
James.
Pooh Bear -- "I am just a bear of little brain"
On Tue, 25 May 1999, Paul Matthew Reilly wrote:
> Ken McNeil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > This does not have to be true. An obfuscator can be used to reduce
> > the size of class files by replacing names like "someVariable" with
> > a single letter. Which would lead to reduced download times of
> > applets.
>
> It's been awhile since I've read up on obfuscators, so I stand
> corrected.
>
> On the other hand, if the free software "obfuscator" is used solely
> for reducing download times and not making it more difficult for
> developers to share source code, then maybe a name change is in order.
> I realize the coffee theme has been overused for Java related
> products, but I'm about to make myself a cup of instant coffee and it
> seems related to the functionality like reducing variables down to one
> letter. Maybe something like InstantJava, InstantByteCode, or
> ByteCodeOptimizer.
>
> -Paul
>
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