Garth,
Is it me, or is the Java VM loaded in advance every time NS 6.01 starts? (well
thought idea, imho).
My point is: I understand doing gecko and other critical UI parts in native
code, but java fits very nicely for everything that is moving ip packets and
raw data processing. In fact java code can be running alongside native code
and nobody would even notice it. Since the cryptix libraries are already
available, it would be very dumb to rewrite message signing and encryption
routines from scratch instead of using the already-available, multiplatform
code, which are the cryptix java implementation.
Anyway... this might be a discussion for another newsgroup.
Just my $0.02.
Regards
Fernando
Garth Wallace wrote:
> Fernando Cassia wrote:
>
> >
> > BTW: let me jump into my soapbox mode to say that the mozilla team is
> > sadly not taking advantage of Pure Java, and its added benefits.
> >
> > For example, there is no reason why the PSM and security libraries
> > (ssl/pgp/smime) "have to be" native code. Writing these parts in 100%
> > pure java would make Mozilla ports MUCH faster, as a single binary java
> > class would be useable across platforms without even recompiling!!.
>
> Because the Java VM itself is a plugin (and provided by a third party),
> and since there's nothing about encryption that necessarily requires
> Java, it would be strange for it to require that the Java plugin was
> loaded and enabled.
