[4460] in java-interest
Re: JavaScript
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Melzer)
Fri Dec 29 15:04:34 1995
From: tmelzer@tomesoft.de (Thomas Melzer)
To: Tony Healy <thealy@magna.com.au>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 19:01:14 +100
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
Hi,
> Hi Java SIG
>
> This press release does not answer any of the questions the questioner
> asked, Java SIG. The questioner wants to know how Java Script relates to and
> differs from Java, and other specific things too. Not only does the press
> release not address these questions, it is imprecise too. For example, it
> says JavaScript is available as part of Netscape Navigator 2.0? Does this
> mean the development kit is provided, or does it just mean that Netscape
> Navigator 2.0 will execute JavaScript applets, whatever they might be?
>
> Is a development kit even needed for JavaScript, or are simple ascii files
> sufficient? Would it be possible to provide this type of information?
As I've understood it JavaScript (previous LiveScript) is a scripting
language which you can put in your html documentents. There is a new
<script></script> tag. The javascript programm is written between
this tag pair embedded in a commentline (so that a browser which
doesn't understand JavaScript doesn't display the code. You normaly
need no development kid, because there is a buitlint runtime library
in the browser and the browser interprets the laguage code on
loadtime.
>
> > From the press release (12/4/95). JavaScript is...
> >
> > "...an open, cross-platform object scripting language for the
> > creation and customization of applications on enterprise
> > networks and the Internet. The JavaScript language complements
> > Java, Sun's industry-leading object-oriented, cross-platform
> > programming language. The initial version of JavaScript is
> > available now as part of the beta version of Netscape
> > Navigator 2.0, which is currently available for downloading
> > from Netscape's web site."
> >
> >Alex Newman,
> >Java-SIG
>
> Original query was:
>
> > I'm new to the list, so I apologize in advance if this is a repeat question.
> > Is JavaScript a subset of Java? Does it have its own compiler and/or
> > interpreter? I can't find any information on it on the web page...
>
>
> Regards
> Tony Healy
> (Who has seen far too many press releases to view them as authoritative)
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