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Browser native functionality wouldn't be cross-platform or even standardized between browsers.

What we really need is some kind of native virtual machine that can run cross-platform bytecode in the browser.

Someone should make a plugin for this that works with all browsers, it would be genius!

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while you might be sarcastic, this actually does exist: http://jsjvm.org/

The sarcasm was more referring to the fact that Java (and to some extent Flash with Alchemy VM stuff) is already the best solution for cross-platform native sandboxing in the browser.

(If Oracle improves on the updates, that is, and I'm sure they will, they've got a lot on the roadmap for Java.)

This is a neat idea though!

I'd rather trust PNaCl for a portable secure implementation going forward than I would Java Applets experiencing any sort of resurgence.

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