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I hope you're not suggesting javascript is evil and to be avoided at all
costs. And I do hope you'll trust IBMLink in that regard.
Note: I haven't even bothered to Ctrl+U or Ctrl+Shift+I IBMLInk so I've no
idea what it's using javascript for. Hopefully dojo.
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From what I understand about JAVA vs. JAVASCRIPT, which I freely admit
may be a faulty understanding, there are important differences. And from
what I've seen of javascript, it's enough to give a security chap a
severe case of "The Willies". The capability of javascript to cause a
serious problem, perhaps a true disaster, seems to be very real and ever
present. I've got a serious problem with that; I wish I could
selectively enable/disable javascript, based on the source site, and my
corresponding level of trust. It would sure be nice if desktop systems
had protection such that some functions couldn't be accessed by
javascript, something like z/OS APF facilities.
Bottom line (for me): Java and JavaScript have their places; I'm just
not sure exactly where.
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