"Robert Kaiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Is is possible to view vbscript with netscape 6???
>
> no. VBScript is a language created by one company only (Microsoft) and
> is not supported by international standards.
>
Maybe not, but VBScript has its ancient roots in BASIC (Beginner's
All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code). Though maybe not an international
standard, BASIC is the standard language used to teach programming.
But Microsoft has had the imagination to extend BASIC into a language that
can challenge the more complex and bulkier alternatives without making it
big, complex, and unmanagable. While new languages, each more complex than
the last (a prime example is that incomprehensible recent language known as
Java), are being created, extended BASIC keeps the ease of the original
language while adding new features that allow it to challenge other
languages without becoming as complex as the languages it's challenging.
> However, standardized JavaScript (a.k.a. ECMAScript) is supported by
> both Netscape 6 and IE, so it's simply the better choice to use.
>
> BTW, those annoying viruses (or better worms) are all VBScript-based,
> and not JavaScript-based what might be an additional point for not using
> VBScript but JS.
>
The harm VBScript (or JavaScript) can do is dependent on the host, not the
language. For instance, you can use either scripting language in Windows
Script Host, which gives you raw access to Windows. But if you use a
scripting language in a browser, the only API that can be accessed is the
DOM.
> Robert
>
