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There's a good reason every major vendor killed off Java applets in the browser. This is probably the worst idea since Windows 95 on the Apple Watch.

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The main reason is not present in this implementation, which is that clients could execute arbitrary lower-level code in a separate process which the browser was powerless to make secure.

Yes, there is a good reason: Security exploits!

Fortunately, Doppio requires no plugins, and is written in 100% JavaScript. Crisis averted!

Also, more languages than just Java run on the JVM; Doppio can run Scala, Clojure, and other JVM languages.

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