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Re:There is a pure HTML Gmail, and it still works by drstewart on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @02:33AM (#7513930)
I don't think this is really a logical stance to take anymore than saying "an application that doesn't function without Java/C++/etc. is a poor design choice. If your application doesn't load up without needing an embedded runtime environment, I'm not bothering with it."
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Re:There is a pure HTML Gmail, and it still works by alirazaq on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @03:39AM (#7514125)
That's a terrible comparison. Java applications requires the JRE which is a massive resource hog by default.

An application written in C++ can be compiled to run optimally on the host OS.

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