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To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: Re: Netscape/Linux on FreeBSD an other horrors ...
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Kris Kennaway wrote:

> Javascript isn't the big problem - Java is. There seem to be serious
> threading problems with the JVM which will wedge up the process if you
> breathe too heavily when an applet is loading. However I usually run with
> JS disabled too for security reasons, because I dont trust there not to be
> other undiscovered flaws in the JS implementation.

I've noticed issues such as this with other ports, for example
MoneyDance (ports/deskutils) in which java_X seems to lock up now and
again while loading the program -- if it does succeed in loading, there
are no further problems [that i've seen] however.

	-mike


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