Random Thoughts on Software Development for the Web
Keynote talk by James Gosling:
- Positive about Java futures
- "This is the year the performance problem disappears." JIT compiler performance is close to C. Betters JVMs available (e.g. HotSpot).
- Java is being ported to PDAs, phones, smart cards, …
Q. How serious are browser incompatibility problems?
A. Netscape made serious error at one point. There are also bugs in IE. Activator may enable a functioning JVM to be installed (note supports <OBJECT> tag).