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Matt McDonald wrote:

> J.R. wrote:
>> I'd also suggest reading the c.l.js FAQ about recommended books:
>> <http://www.jibbering.com/faq/#books>
> 
> "...The Good Parts" is really the only JS book currently
> worth reading. It's short, but very concise and informative.
> If one is strapped for cash or interested in further learning,
> Crockford has at least a dozen "talks" available for free viewing
> (via Yahoo!, YouTube, etc). He covers far more in these "talks"
> than his books.

While they are informative (especially about the history of JavaScript, 
JScript and ECMAScript), they still contain some erroneous notions of 
Crockford, like that JavaScript and JScript were the same language (so far I 
have only see the first talk, and this is one thing that stuck).  They are 
not.
 

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