The term "Javascript" is indeed owned by Sun. The implementation of Ecmascript in IE is called "JScript", not "Javascript", so it doesn't infringe the trademark (technically, but it's similar enough that people can still easily think that IE calls it Javascript)
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Brett Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am sorry, but I must ask. Are you saying that the term JavaScript is owned > by Sun? Or just the Java part? And, yes, JavaScript is implemented in > Internet Explorer. > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Anthony Ziebell > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Ok, great. >> >> It was my intent to acknowledge some standards / submissions for OO which >> inferred classes / native inheritance were needed. >> >> Thanks for your help :) >> >> Cheers, >> Anthony. >> >> Keryx Web wrote: >> >> Anthony Ziebell skrev: >> >> Still confuses me though - if someone is object-orientated but is in >> essence prototype-based (with regards to object, inheritance, etc), why is >> it incorrect to say JavaScript is prototype-based? >> >> >> Your confusion comes from comparing apples to steam trains. >> >> Prototypes are an inheritance mechanism for objects. >> >> Classes are another inheritance mechanism. >> >> A language may implement either one or both (very rare). >> >> It does not matter which inheritance mechanism that is used. It is still >> an OO language. >> >> It is *not* incorrect to say JavaScript is prototype based. It is. No one >> is denying it. >> >> It is *not* incorrect to say JavaScript is OO. It is, since OO is a >> paradigm for programming which JS fits very neatly in. It is de facto called >> OO in the ECMAScript spec. >> >> It is *not* incorrect to say JavaScript is object based. It is - since it >> has object wrappers for all primitive values. >> >> You really did seem to say that classes are needed for a language to be >> called OO. Now you have stated that you did not intend to say that. Case >> closed. >> >> >> Lars Gunther >> >> >> ******************************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ******************************************************************* >> >> >> >> ******************************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
