On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Brett Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes. But, one final question. Was the first ever implementation of > JavaScript designed to be object-oriented, object-based, or prototype-based? > Thank you all. >
Here is Brenden Eich, Javascript's creator, pontificating on the history and genesis of javascript http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/archives/2008/04/popularity.html#more Quote: " I'm not proud, but I'm happy that I chose Scheme-ish first-class functions and Self-ish (albeit singular) prototypes as the main ingredients." So in short, Yes, it was object oriented, with prototype-based inheritence, first class scheme like functions, and (thanks to netscape management) Java like syntax right from the start. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
