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Re: Java on the Apple2 and C64





On 8/12/07 4:55 PM, in article Do-dnUOxXNje6SLbnZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d@comcast.com,
"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> Oliver Schmidt wrote:
...
>> 
>> 
>> This seems to decribe the same approach I described - or do I miss the
>> point here ?
> 
> I agree--and I was pointing out that the practice is over 30 years
> old, dating back to the very beginnings of time-sharing and interactive
> computing.  Novelty is hard to come by in this field.  ;-)  Many recent
> "discoveries" in computing are simply re-discoveries by folks who either
> forgot about the past or never bothered to learn it.
> 

Agreed. I suggest anyone who thinks differently peruse
alt.folklore.computers for a while... It will make you realize that today's
innovations were yesterday's innovations...