Re: Inconsistent behavior when encountering Java Script

[Thomas Mueller]

>If Java is supposed to be able to run on any platform, then it would seem
logical that it would be possible to write Java Script in such a manner that
it should be correctly interpreted and run on any platform and with any
program properly designed for it also.
>

Java and Javascript are not the same, as unrelated as potato and sweet potato,
or rabbit and Welsh rabbit.  Javascript is generally used for WWW applications,
though there is a standalone Javascript.  I believe I found it (OS/2 version) on
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu.  Java tends to be bound with the Internet but is not
really Internet-specific.  There is a multiplatform HotJava Web browser by Sun.
I tried the OS/2 version, but it was rather bloated and clumsy.

I think I read about a move to standardize Javascript under the name ECMAScript
but haven't heard anything further about ECMAScript recently.