Javascript standards...

[Ivan Marsh]

Re: Javascript standards...

On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 17:54:09 +0000, Grant Wagner wrote:
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> You seem to be arguing that JScript implementations aren't ECMAScript
> compliant when what you seem to mean is that the user agent DOM isn't
> W3C compliant. Once you figure out what the point you're trying to make
> is, get back to me.[/color]

My point is exactly what my OP said:

Micro$oft "embraced and enhanced" javascript which is why there is more
than one "standard".

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[Matt Kruse]

Re: Javascript standards...

Ivan Marsh wrote:[color=blue]
> Micro$oft "embraced and enhanced" javascript which is why there is
> more than one "standard".[/color]

Netscape "embraced and enhanced" java(live)scrip t itself between early
versions of it's first browser.

Since there was no standard, and Microsoft had to write their own version of
java(live)scrip t from scratch anyway, how could anyone expect it to be
exactly the same as Netscape's version? Why would it?

Just because Netscape was first, that makes their version the 'standard'
forever?

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[Ivan Marsh]

Re: Javascript standards...

On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 15:06:42 -0500, Matt Kruse wrote:
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> Ivan Marsh wrote:[color=green]
>> Micro$oft "embraced and enhanced" javascript which is why there is more
>> than one "standard".[/color]
>
> Netscape "embraced and enhanced" java(live)scrip t itself between early
> versions of it's first browser.
>
> Since there was no standard, and Microsoft had to write their own
> version of java(live)scrip t from scratch anyway, how could anyone expect
> it to be exactly the same as Netscape's version? Why would it?
>
> Just because Netscape was first, that makes their version the 'standard'
> forever?[/color]

If you think the only thing that constitutes a standard is a standard
certified by a standards board than there is no way were going to agree on
any of this.

Netscape published their standard of JavaScript and made it available to
everyone.

....and if you think MS doesn't purposfully write incompatibiliti es into
their software to squash competition you just haven't been paying
attention over the last 10 years.

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i.m.
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