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Date: 17 Sep 1999 17:40:51 -0000
From: mark@kli.org
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Lojban word processor for Windows?
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>Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 09:53:42 -0500
>From: "NICK KOBELJA" <nkobelja@rjbagan.com>

>The idea of using Java sounds appealing for the same reasons given by the =
>author below.  There are some reservations, however.  The Java wars are =
>still raging and Java tends to be just a tad slow for the average =
>end-user's expectations.  I always know that if an app is dragging, then =
>it's bound to be written in Java  - but then, that might be Microsoft's =
>way of "helping" java die out  :)

Eh, the fine-points of distinction can often be avoided in a simple enough
application, and word-processing hardly needs blinding speed, so the
slowness shouldn't matter much in that application.  Java sounds like a
Good Plan to me.

~mark