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Why on earth would it run java?
by jdillaaa 8y ago
Why on earth would it run java?
- parisidau 8y agoThe secure element on iOS devices is a Java Card (https://www.apple.com/business/site/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf https://www.apple.com/business/site/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.... p. 47).
- favorited 8y agoBasically all smart cards use Java Card. There's an ISO standard, so I'm sure it's possible to implement your card in other environments, but everyone uses Java Card.
- sebazzz 8y agoIt is nothing like the real Java. Almost no regular data type is supported and there are severe limitations. [1] You should view it as using a safe language instead of something like C. If Rust had been invented 20 years ago, it might have been Rust instead. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Card
- jdillaaa 8y agofascinating. thanks!
- kalleboo 8y agoBecause these practices were set in the mid-to-late-90's when it was fashionable to Java all the things