[Freeciv-Dev] Re: C vs C++ vs Java

[Andrew Sutton <ansutton@xxxxxxx>]

On Monday 03 December 2001 10:40 am, Petr Baudis wrote:
> Dear diary, on Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 03:30:52PM CET, I got a letter,
> where Andrew Sutton <ansutton@xxxxxxx> told me, that...
>
> > > And, one last thing ... this is a network client-server application, so
> > > heterogeneous, portability really helps. Running the same binary code
> > > everywhere, or being able to ship pieces of it around as opposed to
> > > going through layers of translation and protocol, is a good thing. 
> > > When you deal with objects, remember this is code+data.
> >
> > downloadable code? hmmm.. that's an interesting idea. now that would be
> > interesting. instead of downloading static configurations for unit
> > capabilities you could just download the implementation. hmm... very
> > interesting indeed. i'm assuming java allows that as its a web protocol.

good point. that probably is a good idea. there would definitely have to be a 
security concern for such dynamic systems. question is: do we discount the 
possiblity of code download or find some secure architecture for allowing 
this (client can only download verified and signed modules).

it would make for an interesting trojan horse though :)

andy