Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 20:31:50 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Anthony Atkielski <anthony@atkielski.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix Message-ID: <20020402203150.A90914@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <3CAA82B6.4CDAFC1E@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 08:19:02PM -0800 References: <1017709221.71119.5.camel@chowder.gsoft.com.au> <3CA91382.4E4E2B@mindspring.com> <1017714456.71119.20.camel@chowder.gsoft.com.au> <3CA93944.D72D6AB7@mindspring.com> <1017724424.71119.79.camel@chowder.gsoft.com.au> <3CA970CD.E76C6568@mindspring.com> <1017756809.75949.53.camel@chowder.dons.net.au> <3CAA3F51.BD5C9D75@mindspring.com> <20020402181925.A88341@xor.obsecurity.org> <3CAA82B6.4CDAFC1E@mindspring.com>
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--NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 08:19:02PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > Yes, Java works fine in Mozilla. Whatever ancient broken godawful > > embedded version of Java was included in netscape 4.x is the not the > > same as the java plugin used by netscape 6/mozilla. Perhaps the fact > > that they decoupled it into a plugin helped to fix this. >=20 > The problem wasn't the Java, it was the assumption in the > GIF rendering engine written in Java that after an involuntary > context switch, that the current GIF rendering engine would > be preferentially rescheduled before any other instance, as > the rendering code itself was non-reentrant. 8-). >=20 > This assumption works on Windows, Linux, and Solaris because > threads are, even if they pretend otherwise, effectivel processes. >=20 > So they can change Java implementations out from under it all > they want; if they are still using the same class files, well, > then it's still broken. Yes, Java works fine in Mozilla. Kris --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8qoW1Wry0BWjoQKURAk4yAKD0MIn3vs0BvQu8n5z1CwRqiyKuXQCghWeT lItHJVL6bp/xeOZ1aPfmLEw= =0chg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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