Why is it that ...

From: Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>
Date: Thu Nov 30 23:00:54 2000

healyzh skrev:

>> Yes the lack of JAVA, frames, no cookies and Activex stuff does limits
>> sites available and more every day. I'd think JAVA would not be that
>> bad on a smaller CPU tough it may be slow. After all it's not that much
>> different than running UCSD PASCAL (P-system) P-code on z80 or
>> 6502!

>One of these days I'd really like to play with a UCSD PASCAL system, largely
>to get a feel of how well it worked. From what I've heard getting any kind
>of Java running on a 68k based system is a problem (have we got anyone still
>active with Amiga's around, they'd have a better idea). That tells me that
>a 486 or lower won't really be able to cut it when it comes to JAVA.

I use my Amiga as my main machine, but none of the browsers has got Java.
Javascript, yes, but no Java. It doesn't matter, though, since I've
encountered about five sites in the last five years which actually used Java,
and about two of those depended on it. It's just used for flashy effects,
nothing else.

>Wait a minute.... I think I had Java running on my PowerBook 520c back in
>'95 or '96, and it's a 68LC040 based system, so I guess at least a 68040 or
>486 based system probably can do Java. At least on a supported OS (which is
>the real problem).

That is indeed the real problem. I also seem to recall running Java on a IIvx,
but it wans't a particularly enjoyable experience.

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