[5965] in java-interest
Re: 2 simple questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles Prael)
Wed Mar 6 15:44:42 1996
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 09:00:59 -0800
From: Charles Prael <cprael@lts.com>
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
german mora wrote:
>=20
> 1) Can somebody tell the difference between Netscape=B4s HTML 2.0, Java=
and
> JavaScript?
Java is a general purpose programming language. As long as you have a Jav=
a=20
VM on your machine, you can run a Java application - whether it is embedd=
ed=20
in a web page or not, locally or across a network. It doesn't matter.=20
JavaScript, OTOH, is a macro/scripting language used within Netscape=20
Navigator. Other browsers may, potetially, support JavaScript at a future=
=20
date, but at present, they don't. Funtionally, it's in the same class as=20
Excel macros, Wordbasic, or other such high-end macro languages.
> 2) Does anybody know a book that covers the latest upgrades from java
> Developer=B4s Tools/javascript? (Newer than Hooked on java)
Not at this point. Probly worth looking into, though.
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Charles Prael
Los Trancos Systems
http://www.lts.com/lts/
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