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To: roberto@blaise.ibp.fr (Ollivier Robert)
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Subject: Re: Hot Java.. 
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>>> Ollivier Robert said:
 > > Java has an interpreted language built in, so you can download scripts
 > > that actually _interact_ with the user locally.  I don't think you
 > 
 > That should open a big can of worms too (aka security holes)...
 > 

Yeap!, like possibly displacing tcl and perl and propel us into the area of
of distributed agents,  object oriented gui applications , etc...

Not too mention the posibility of hacking on micro-controllers since Java
has its origin as a micro-controller program language.

	Cheers,
	Amancio