John W. Kennedy wrote:
Kuni Lemmel wrote:
TWIMC:
I don't use Java on any machine, nor MSjava.
That's why I have a copy of StarOffice 5.1 that's never been
installed. The web site didn't make it clear that one needed Java.
Believe you me, that was a long dial-up download! I was able to find
out the need for Java from your site though, so kudos. Still. . .
I would like to try OpenOffice.Org however.
Is there any chance that OpenOffice.Org will use standard W3C
scripting languages in the future for Java functions?
Absolutely and utterly out of the question. But fact that you ask leads
me to suspect that you don't understand what Java is or what it does.
Java is not a scripting language; it is a machine- and OS-independent
application programming language. Neither the fact that /one/ of the
things that can be done with it is writing an application that runs in a
rectangular window within a webpage (an "applet"), nor the fact that
there is also a scripting language that is variously named "JavaScript"
or "ECMAScript" alters this.
If the Java code contained within OOo were to be replaced, it would be
replaced with C++.
Sorry to be a little confused by this controversy, but what is wrong
with using Java in OOo? People seem to be very upset about this? Isn't
Java just a flavor of C with more rules?
Thanks.
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Peter Kupfer -- Using OOo since 'OO4
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