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by monocasa 2389 days ago
Java implemented the sandbox as java code in the same VM as what it was sandboxing, then later attached reflection so you had a billion different ways to get references to those classes blocking your access and do brain surgery on them. Oof.

Flash was a lovecraftian horror novel of a code base that even Adobe didn't feel totally comfortable making changes in.