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Re: Java vs JavaScript

Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Date	2014-05-22 05:08 -0700
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Subject	Re: Java vs JavaScript
From	Ray Osborne <rko153@gmail.com>

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Interesting and meaningful thread of posts. I will cross-post this to my group
at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/a1a-javajobs

On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 11:39:52 AM UTC-4, Roedy Green wrote:
> There is something odd going on. 
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> I have always thought the Java sandbox was so restrictive, there was
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> nothing a user need worry about. There is no way an unsigned applet
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> could do any damage.
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> But Oracle and the browsers are acting like unsigned Applets are
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> highly dangerous, making you do override after override to run them.
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> On the other hand I don't think JavaScript has any sort of sandbox at
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> all, and everyone blissfully runs scripts that can do anything.
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> Why the double standard? Is JavaScript safer than I thought?
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> -- 
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> Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com
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> "Don't worry about people stealing an idea; if it's original, you'll
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>  have to shove it down their throats." 
> 
> ~ Howard Aiken (born: 1900-03-08 died: 1973-03-14 at age: 73)

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Java vs JavaScript Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-04-23 08:39 -0700
  Re: Java vs JavaScript markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2014-04-23 09:10 -0700
  Re: Java vs JavaScript Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2014-04-23 15:48 -0500
  Re: Java vs JavaScript Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2014-04-23 23:36 +0200
    Re: Java vs JavaScript "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-04-27 12:20 +0100
      Re: Java vs JavaScript Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2014-04-27 20:05 +0800
      Re: Java vs JavaScript Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2014-04-27 22:55 +0200
      Re: Java vs JavaScript "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-05-01 08:52 +0100
        Re: Java vs JavaScript Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2014-05-01 10:26 +0200
          Re: Java vs JavaScript Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2014-05-01 14:10 -0700
            Re: Java vs JavaScript Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2014-05-02 11:10 +0200
              Re: Java vs JavaScript Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2014-05-02 10:20 -0700
                Re: Java vs JavaScript Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2014-05-02 20:16 +0200
                Re: Java vs JavaScript "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-05-04 10:38 +0100
                Re: Java vs JavaScript Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2014-05-05 00:16 -0500
                Re: Java vs JavaScript Tim Slattery <tim@risingdove.com> - 2014-05-06 13:06 -0400
                Re: Java vs JavaScript Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2014-05-06 12:40 -0500
            Re: Java vs JavaScript Simon Lewis <simonlewis2001@gmail.com> - 2014-05-02 12:53 +0200
          Re: Java vs JavaScript Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-05-01 21:16 -0400
            Re: Java vs JavaScript Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2014-05-02 11:17 +0200
  Re: Java vs JavaScript Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-04-23 22:22 -0400
    Re: Java vs JavaScript Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2014-04-24 16:20 +0800
      Re: Java vs JavaScript Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-04-29 21:07 -0400
  Re: Java vs JavaScript Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2014-04-24 16:15 +0800
    Re: Java vs JavaScript lipska the kat <lipskathekat@example.com> - 2014-04-27 09:00 +0100
      Re: Java vs JavaScript Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2014-04-27 20:15 +0800
        Re: Java vs JavaScript lipska the kat <lipskathekat@example.com> - 2014-04-27 16:59 +0100
  Re: Java vs JavaScript Ray Osborne <rko153@gmail.com> - 2014-05-22 05:08 -0700

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