Ajax one panel

[info at secappdev.org (Johan Peeters)]

I think Java would have been a better language with closures, but I am 
intrigued that you raise them here. Do you think closures present 
security benefits? Or is this a veiled reference to Ajax? I guess 
JavaScript has closures.

kr,

Yo

Gary McGraw wrote:
> Ok...it was java one.  But it seemed like ajax one on the show floor.   I participated in a panel yesterday with 
> superstar bill joy.  I had a chance to talk to bill for a while after the gig and asked him why java did not have 
> closure.  Bill said he was on a committee of five, and got out-voted 2 to 3 on that one (and some other stuff too).  
> You know the other pro vote had to be guy steele.  Most interesting.  Tyranny of the majority even in java.
>
> Btw, bill also said they tried twice to build an OS on java and failed both times.  We both agree that a type safe OS 
> will happen one day.
>
> Here's a blog entry from john waters that describes the panel from his point of view.
>
> http://www.adtmag.com/blogs/blog.aspx?a=18564
>
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