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Re: Return of the Applets?

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On 4/5/2015 1:31 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> writes:
>> You're mixing apples and oranges.  Java is NOT JavaScript - or vice
>> versa.  They are two different languages with two different purposes.
> 
>   That must be some kind of reflex some people can't control!
> 
>   But no one has claimed that Java was JavaScript. Relax.
>

No, but you are comparing them - which is like comparing apples and oranges.

>> The ONLY thing they have in common are the letters "J", "v" and two "a"s.
> 
>   But since you insist, let me give you some factual information.
> 
>       - Both are trademarks of Oracle.
> 

So?  FORTRAN and COBOL were both trademarks of IBM at one time.

>       - JavaScript was designed by Brendan Eich who wrote:
> 
>           »The diktat from upper engineering management
>           was that the language must "look like Java".«
> 

So what?

>       - of course the syntax and semantics of both
>         languages have a lot in common (I am giving courses
>         in both languages and my course notes for both Java
>         and JavaScript can be read in the web, albeit in
>         German language).
> 

So do the syntax and semantics of Java and C++.  That doesn't mean they
are related.

>       - JavaScript is a part of Java in the sense that every
>         Oracle JDK contains a JavaScript interpreter, so one
>         can use JavaScript to do just what the name suggests:
>         to script Java programs.
> 

So what?  You can also use JavaScript to script C++ programs - or even
COBOL programs.

>       - when running in the browser, the LiveConnect
>         technology allows Java and JavaScript code
>         to communicate with each other. 
> 

Sure.  And JavaScript and PHP can also communicate with each other.  So
can JavaScript and C# and many other languages.

>       - In today's web, JavaScript often complements Java,
>         with JavaScript running on the client and Java running
>         on the server.
> 

JavaScript also often compliments PHP, Python, Perl, C# and many other
languages.  So I guess they are related also.

>       - depending on the source used, sometimes Java and
>         sometimes JavaScript is the most-often used
>         programming language.
> 

Java is far from "the most-often used programming language" - and never
has been (COBOL has been #1 for over 50 years, and continues in that
position at an estimated 2 billion LOC written each year).  Java doesn't
even come close, and JavaScript is basically web pages.

Now if you want to talk web pages - JavaScript is used on a lot of them
- but Java is nowhere near the top even there.  PHP, Python and C# (not
necessarily in that order) lead the way.

It is clear to me that you have no idea what you're talking about - and
the more you continue in this way, the more you prove that point.

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Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-05 09:46 -0400
  Re: Return of the Applets? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-04-05 13:12 -0400
  Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-05 15:14 -0400
    Re: Return of the Applets? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-04-05 16:41 -0400
      Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-05 16:54 -0400
        Re: Return of the Applets? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-04-05 17:08 -0400
          Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-05 17:17 -0400
            Re: Return of the Applets? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-04-05 17:30 -0400
              Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-05 17:42 -0400
                Re: Return of the Applets? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-04-05 17:52 -0400
                Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-05 18:17 -0400
                Re: Return of the Applets? Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2015-04-06 11:26 +0200
    Re: Return of the Applets? Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2015-04-06 13:23 -0500
      Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-06 15:09 -0400
        Re: Return of the Applets? Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2015-04-06 17:33 -0500
          Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-06 17:44 -0400
            Re: Return of the Applets? Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2015-04-06 19:10 -0500
              Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-06 20:03 -0400
                Re: Return of the Applets? Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2015-04-06 21:36 -0500
                Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-07 09:11 -0400
            Re: Return of the Applets? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-04-06 23:25 +0000
              Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-06 19:59 -0400
                Re: Return of the Applets? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-04-07 13:29 +0000
                Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-07 10:45 -0400
                Re: Return of the Applets? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-04-07 15:51 +0000
                Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-07 13:16 -0400
                Re: Return of the Applets? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-04-07 20:22 +0000
                Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-07 17:03 -0400
                Re: Return of the Applets? Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@huldreskog.localdomain> - 2015-04-07 11:34 -0500
                Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-07 13:18 -0400
                Re: Return of the Applets? Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@huldreskog.localdomain> - 2015-04-07 12:40 -0500
                Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-07 17:06 -0400
                Re: Return of the Applets? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-04-07 20:28 +0000
                Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-07 17:11 -0400
                Re: Return of the Applets? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-04-07 23:00 +0000
                Re: Return of the Applets? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-07 19:25 -0400
  Re: Return of the Applets? Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2015-04-06 13:09 -0500

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