Java & JavaScript (was RE: [thelist] My fingers are getting sore :) -- addemendum)
Max Wyss
max at prodok.com
Thu May 9 09:37:10 CDT 2002
The article about Brendan Eich is quite a bit more advanced, however
there (and even more so in the Danny Goodman reference), one of the
even more interesting aspects of JavaScript is forgotten:
There are much more interesting applications of ECMAScript (or
JavaScript) out there than just in the web browsers. Actually, I know
of five distinct applications of JavaScript:
* Web browser, client-side
* Server-side
* OSA (Open Scripting Architecture; best-known example is AppleScript)
* ActionScript in Flash (according to ECMA-262)
* Acrobat JavaScript (according to ECMA-262 Rev. 3 (in Acrobat 5))
And that's a much wider use than just do simple rollovers...
Max Wyss
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>> Just came across this in dictionary.com when I was going to
>> see where I took a wrong turn... [QUOTE] JavaScript runs
>> "100x" slower than C, as it is purely interpreted (Java runs
>> "10x" slower than C code). Netscape and allies say JavaScript
>> is an "open standard" in an effort to keep Microsoft from
>> monopolising web software as they have desktop software.
>> Netscape and Sun have co-operated to enable Java and
>> JavaScript to exchange messages and data. [/QOUTE] KGIII
>
>I like Danny Goodman's explanation:
>
>http://www.dannyg.com/javascript/javavsjavascript.html
>
>And LiveScript/JavaScript creator Brendan Eich makes some interesting
>comments on the tenuous connection:
>
>http://www.netscape.com/columns/techvision/innovators_be.html
>
>joel
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