2008/10/28 Brett Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Actually it did say it is heavily object-based. But now, under Dynamic
> Programming --> Objects as associated arrays, it says it is almost entirely
> object-based. Looks like it just got updated. Internet Explorer does read
> JavaScript, but does it support JavaScript as a whole, or does it read
> JavaScript as JScript?

That depends on what you mean by JavaScript. Do you mean the language
that Netscape JavaScript and later Mozilla JavaScript reference[1] and
guide[2] specs specifies? JavaScript as in the language
"text/javascript" is interpreted as in browsers? Do you mean the
entire language and host environment making up the client side
scripting language for web pages?

The word "JavaScript" means different things in different contexts to
different people.


Internet Explorer uses Microsof't JScript engine which implements
ECMAScript, some parts of it buggy, some parts of it with proprietary
extensions. It doesn't in general implement Mozilla JavaScript
additions to ECMAScript. It does send all content that tells it it is
JavaScript/LiveScript/JScript/ECMAScript to the same engine.


[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference
[2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Guide
-- 
David "liorean" Andersson


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