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To: QwikSand who wrote (12475)	12/15/1998 3:51:00 PM
From: Keith Hankin	Read Replies (1) of 64865

Assuming there are good C++ compilers for all servers, I have never figured out Java's value-added in this environment. Is it that the appliance becomes just a display and input device and all computing is done on the server? What's the pitch? Good questions. Java offers better security (e.g. it is much harder for a hacker to find vulnerabilities to hack into another thread), better reliability (e.g. garbage collection, no pointers), portable code that can run (and be sold) on more platforms, better server-side application configurability (this is important for products that need to be highly customizable), better application developer productivity, performance (e.g. in some cases, Java may be able to produce better performing code that C++ because of JIT and dynamically usage-profile-based optimizations).

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