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Re: questions re Javascript

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On 9/4/2015 11:33 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> =?UTF-8?Q?Joshua_Cranmer_=f0=9f=90=a7?= <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> writes:
>> other. It's like saying English and French are similar, because they
>> share the same grammatical constructs and many words are cognates.
>
>    What I objected to was the typical wording
>
>        »JavaScript /has nothing to do/ with Java.«.
>
>    To me, it would be disputable too when one would say,
>
>        »English has nothing to do with French.«.

I think the term "has nothing to do with" should be seen in context.

If it is a thread about the evolution of languages and how they
relate, then it is not a good statement.

If it is a thread with a specific question about
syntax/semantics/library, then I think it is a pretty good
statement.

Any attempt to answer a Java question based on JavaScript
or a JavaScript question based on Java is very bad, because
the risk of the answer being wrong is huge.

And it is actually the same about English and French.

If one is discussing history then certainly French
influenced English after 1066 and in modern times
English has probably influenced French a little bit as
well (even though they try hard to create French
equivalent words).

But if it is a question about grammar rules and
pronunciation, then it would most likely result in
incorrect answers to try and answer question for
one based on the other.

Arne

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