From: Alexandre Oliva (oliva@dcc.unicamp.br)
Date: Mon Feb 08 1999 - 01:27:42 EST
On Feb 8, 1999, Godmar Back <gback@cs.utah.edu> wrote:
>> Methinks a DNS impl in Java would have trouble when running within an
>> applet. We'd probably need a native implementation of DNS. Maybe we
>> just shouldn't care about that, and get Kaffe working with native
>> threading systems.
> Why would it have trouble in an applet? I don't see any reason.
A DNS implementation in Java would have to open a socket to contact a
name server, but applets can only connect their home hosts.
> Native threading systems are not an alternative, if you think about it.
But they're a must if you want Java applications to benefit from SMP
hosts.
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Alexandre Oliva http://www.dcc.unicamp.br/~oliva aoliva@{acm.org}
oliva@{dcc.unicamp.br,gnu.org,egcs.cygnus.com,samba.org}
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brasil
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