An article about Smalltalk vs Java (http://www.objectshare.com/VWoverJava.htm) listed some problems with Java that seem very true. It's not clear to me how Rebol addresses these problems, would anyone care to comment? A Java applet runs in a sandbox; as such, it forces an architecture. Either fully standalone or Communication with the launching server only. This severely limits what a Java applet can do; it�s the primary reason that Java applets have a very limited presence on the web. Intranet developers primarily avoid the browser, instead writing Java applications. In other words, one of the primary initial selling points for Java has been defeated by the limitations imposed on it. The Java sandbox is not really safe; Java allows for enough reflection to spoof the security protocols and run hostile code on the client. This means that as a developer, you live with restrictions for no good reason! For this reason, Sun has started to ship the capability to run outside the sandbox with digital signatures ActiveX components do not live with a sandbox; neither do other plugins. For this reason, Sun is now moving towards a digital signature based system. Even so, they are still very tied to the sandbox. -- Harry Parshall Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
