Ok...it was java one. But it seemed like ajax one on the show floor. I participated in a panel yesterday with superstar bill joy. I had a chance to talk to bill for a while after the gig and asked him why java did not have closure. Bill said he was on a committee of five, and got out-voted 2 to 3 on that one (and some other stuff too). You know the other pro vote had to be guy steele. Most interesting. Tyranny of the majority even in java.
Btw, bill also said they tried twice to build an OS on java and failed both times. We both agree that a type safe OS will happen one day. Here's a blog entry from john waters that describes the panel from his point of view. http://www.adtmag.com/blogs/blog.aspx?a=18564 gem www.cigital.com www.swsec.com Sent from my treo. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This electronic message transmission contains information that may be confidential or privileged. The information contained herein is intended solely for the recipient and use by any other party is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient (or otherwise authorized to receive this message by the intended recipient), any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of the information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message transmission in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Cigital, Inc. accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly from the use of this email or its contents. Thank You. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Secure Coding mailing list (SC-L) SC-L@securecoding.org List information, subscriptions, etc - http://krvw.com/mailman/listinfo/sc-l List charter available at - http://www.securecoding.org/list/charter.php