----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 8:44 PM Subject: Re: arachne-digest V1 #2003
> Hi Thomas, > > > From: "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> What about "Arachne for Windows" ? > > >> BURN! > > > Java is not for Windows only, so Arachne with Java is possible for Linux or > > possibly anything but DOS. Besides, there are doubts as to the compatibility > > of Windows Java with Java on other OSes, as Bill Gates tries to make Java work > > only on Windows. So what about Arachne for Linux, and perhaps the BSDs too, > > with Java? Then you won't have to burn. > > Actually, I'm amazed how few people even wanted to burn me ... but I stick > to my guns: Arachne is a great program and should be available under > as many OS's as possible. As far as Java is concerned, it seems to > have been established on the list that what we need is Java Script, not > Java itself. BTW, you guys who know: It's been explained quite well > in the past few days what Java is, but what exactly is Java Script, anyway? > Why do we need it? How does it work? First is first for googleing: "javascript" is Netscape, "jscript" is MS Javascript is a webscripting language. To put it clear : Javascript has similar syntax to Java but it isn't a general programming language, only has webscriptin purposes. No JVM is needed to get the browser operational with JScript or Javascript If you need to run Java code (not Javascript) you'll need a JVM (java virtual machine) to run any piece of Java code ( applet) on the client or server side. Javascript it's different than Java, as it is intended to be used mainly on the CLIENT SIDE of the browsing equation. On the other hand JAVA is a system programming as also a general programming language. The benefits of webscripting are that parsing is embedded in the browser so this language can be used dynamically inovoked within the browser rather to te parsed with indirect methods as it occurs with other non embedded scripting languages (CGI/Perl/Php/Python/ASP/JSP, etc.) M$ launched their own version of Javascript called JScript (with added features to be functional with their propietary COM model) JScript is slightly different than JavaScript (founded in Navigator) so conflicts can arise the same way as VBScript does with IE. Elliot > > Ray Andrews, > Vancouver, Canada > > > > -- Arachne V1.71;UE01, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ >
