Java Glossary : JavaScript

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JavaScript: a scripting language embedded in HTML very different from Java that can be interpreted by the Netscape HTML browser. Questions about JavaScript should be directed to comp.lang.javascript not comp.lang.java.*. I have a mental block against JavaScript. I don't like the deception inherent in its name. I don't like the idea of sending bulky source code around when you could be sending nice compact byte codes, though I must admit the openness has been great since every program acts as a programming tutorial. I don't like the idea of proprietary Chinese-menu feature set Internet languages. Granted JavaScript is not as disgusting and dangerous as ActiveX since it has its own sort of sandbox -- missing language features. I don't like the way JavaScript is so often used to annoy the heck out of users by making it impossible to leave a site without rebooting. I find the things people tend to do with it are annoyingly cheap and flashy. So I have so far avoided it and usually have it turned off in my browsers. The only place I used it on my website are for webring nav bars there I had no choice. The EMCA standard version of JavaScipt is called ECMAScript. Microsoft has a extension of ECMAScript they call they call JScript.
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