Re: [SC-L] Could I use Java or c#? [was: Re: re-writing college books]

2006-11-13 Thread Glenn and Mary Everhart
Crispin Cowan wrote: Al Eridani wrote: On 11/9/06, Crispin Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Prior to Java, resorting to compiling to byte code (e.g. P-code back in the Pascal days) was considered a lame kludge because the language developers couldn't be bothered to write a real compiler.

Re: [SC-L] Could I use Java or c#? [was: Re: re-writing college books]

2006-11-13 Thread mikeiscool
On 11/13/06, Glenn and Mary Everhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Crispin Cowan wrote: Al Eridani wrote: On 11/9/06, Crispin Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Prior to Java, resorting to compiling to byte code (e.g. P-code back in the Pascal days) was considered a lame kludge because the

Re: [SC-L] Could I use Java or c#? [was: Re: re-writing college books]

2006-11-13 Thread ljknews
At 10:31 PM +1100 11/13/06, mikeiscool wrote: On 11/13/06, Glenn and Mary Everhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If there is some construct that NEEDS to be interpreted to gain something, it can be justified on that basis. Using interpretive runtimes just to link languages, or just to achieve

[SC-L] Challenges faced by automated web application security assessment tools

2006-11-13 Thread bugtraq
I have released a new document 'Challenges faced by automated web application security assessment tools' that a few of you may find interesting. URL: http://www.cgisecurity.com/articles/scannerchallenges.shtml Comments welcome. - Robert http://www.cgisecurity.com/ Website Security news,

Re: [SC-L] Could I use Java or c#? [was: Re: re-writing college books]

2006-11-13 Thread mikeiscool
On 11/14/06, ljknews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 10:31 PM +1100 11/13/06, mikeiscool wrote: On 11/13/06, Glenn and Mary Everhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If there is some construct that NEEDS to be interpreted to gain something, it can be justified on that basis. Using interpretive

Re: [SC-L] p-code was created for PLATFORM PORTABILITY

2006-11-13 Thread Crispin Cowan
David A. Wheeler wrote: On 11/9/06, Crispin Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Prior to Java, resorting to compiling to byte code (e.g. P-code back in the Pascal days) was considered a lame kludge because the language developers couldn't be bothered to write a real compiler. I believe

Re: [SC-L] Could I use Java or c#? [was: Re: re-writing college books]

2006-11-13 Thread mikeiscool
On 11/14/06, Leichter, Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | If there is some construct that NEEDS to be interpreted to gain | something, it can be justified on that basis. Using interpretive | runtimes just to link languages, or just to achieve portability | when source code portability

Re: [SC-L] Could I use Java or c#? [was: Re: re-writing college books]

2006-11-13 Thread Crispin Cowan
mikeiscool wrote: On 11/14/06, Leichter, Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The joke we used to make was: The promise of Java was Write once, run everywhere. What we found was Write once, debug everywhere. Then came the Swing patches, which would cause old bugs to re-appear, or suddenly