From: g_d_pusch_remove_underscores@xnet.com   
      
   Kevin Willoughby  writes:   
      
   >> It's nice for rebootable web-based systems but [I]   
   >> can't stand the tought of bloated, buggy code running inside the poor rover.   
   >   
   > uh, the first MER lander is rebooting frequently, with (as far as I   
   > understand these things) no reason to blame the Java Virtual Machine.   
   >   
   > Java code does not have to be "bloated, buggy code". Virtual machine   
   > architectures are a classic way to to create a small, tight program --   
   > consult Knuth for details.   
      
   See, for example, FORTH --- which uses a =MUCH= simpler virtual machine   
   than JAVA, and can pack an entire operating system / extensible compiler   
   into a mere 8k...   
      
      
   > "Bloated, buggy code" is more common in non-Java environments, e.g., MS   
   > Office running on MS Windows.   
      
   "Microsoft code is a way of thinking --- or rather, of =NOT= thinking..."   
      
      
   -- Gordon D. Pusch   
      
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