Economics & Eye Candy

[Monte Goulding]

> And finally, inspired by Richard Gaskin's suggestion
> ... Compilation to Java bytecodes and integration of
> Java class libraries into rev ... Ooooh, you might
> have something there Richard ...

I have also suggested a number of times that RunRev take advantage of Java 
under certain conditions. Here are some examples where it could mean big 
bucks to RunRev and us:
 - Java externals
        - to allow speedy development of J2EE clients
        - a wide range of custom controls
        - developers can leverage the many free code libraries for Java just 
like we can with C
 - Compiling stacks into applets would allow us to use them in browsers and 
as a by-product also allow us to use a browser object to embed a stack 
within a stack
 - Compiling stacks into midlets would allow us to use them on phones and 
pdas

Interestingly the old MetaCard site used to state that compilation to 
bytecode had already been developed.

Cheers

Monte