RE: BAD: Not True in EE Times

Jan Hardenbergh (jch@nell.oki.com)
Mon, 04 Dec 95 12:07:00 E

>> The story claims that Java has been selected by the VAG as the
>> official behavior language of VRML. Quotes from Mark Pesce and
>> Yon are also included. I hope that any unilateral decisions on
>> this are as untrue as every line of text attributed to me.

Yes, they are. The VAG has not esally said much officially. I think that my
quote may have been mined from email last summer. It's bad form to
grab that and print it without checking, but I have said things like
security
is important and Java and Safe-TCL are likely candidates.

>> This type of outright fiction is VERY bad, and so is the assertion that
>> the VAG has decided on behaviors. I encourage VAG members to correct
>> this.

VRML is an open standard. The actual quote I saw in email actually has
Mark saying that we would not select one language.

However, given the popularity of Java, it will most likely be the first test
case.

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