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The coolest thing I ever did was bundle native libs for Linux, OSX and Windows in an applet, that let me access OpenGL in a Java applet years before WebGL was a
by Asooka 9y ago
The coolest thing I ever did was bundle native libs for Linux, OSX and Windows in an applet, that let me access OpenGL in a Java applet years before WebGL was a thing. We had the technology to do real 3d-accelerated graphics in a type-safe jit-compiled language with a great IDE 15 years ago already.
- _pdp_ 9y agoIt is good that it is now dead in the name of security.
- bilbo0s 9y agoJava is dead in the browser... same as flash, or c or any other language. At least until the nightmare that is WebAssembly comes to fruition. That said... the potential to exploit security holes via GL library calls is, unfortunately, alive and well even with WebGL.
- Jaepa 9y agoFlash isn't dead yet, through its dying for sure. The only positive thing of unfortunately likely EME is it may put another nail in the coffin.
- pjmlp 9y agoIt bet WebAssembly will bring all those plugins back to life.
- izym 9y agoHow would WebAssembly ever do that?
- pjmlp 9y agoEasy, it is just a matter of creating a compiler backend for Java, Flash, Silverlight that target WebAssembly instead of their original bytecodes, then bundle it with their own runtime compiled via emscripten. There are already a few projects doing exactly that. One could even create a ActiveX compliant library, that via emscripten would be able to target WebAssembly.