"4.1 Why are XWT applications delivered in source code form (like HTML) instead of a compiled form (like Macromedia Flash)?
Businesses are always nervous about distributing their code in source format. The creators of Java had to invent a binary format (.class files) just to assuage these fears -- despite the fact that.class files are nothing more than highly-compressed source code (if you don't believe me, try out "jad", the best Java disassembler I've ever seen)."
When I install a Debian box, I put the base stuff on (about 15 meg before it's uncompressed) and then I plug into a network (be it an ethernet card or a null modem cable) and apt-get the bits I want from a Debian mirror.
That article confuses things: (1) the emmense library of packages that make up Linux distributions (2) the streamlined selection of stuff you actually install on your server/desktop/laptop/hifi/router.
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"4.1 Why are XWT applications delivered in source code form (like HTML) instead of a compiled form (like Macromedia Flash)?
.class files are nothing more than highly-compressed source code (if you don't believe me, try out "jad", the best Java disassembler I've ever seen)."
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Businesses are always nervous about distributing their code in source format. The creators of Java had to invent a binary format (.class files) just to assuage these fears -- despite the fact that
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When I install a Debian box, I put the base stuff on (about 15 meg before it's uncompressed) and then I plug into a network (be it an ethernet card or a null modem cable) and apt-get the bits I want from a Debian mirror.
That article confuses things: (1) the emmense library of packages that make up Linux distributions (2) the streamlined selection of stuff you actually install on your server/desktop/laptop/hifi/router.