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| From | Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> |
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| Subject | Re: questions re Javascript |
| Date | Fri, 4 Sep 2015 19:40:35 -0400 |
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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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Re: questions re Javascript Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2015-09-04 10:09 -0500
Re: questions re Javascript Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-09-04 16:37 +0100
Re: questions re Javascript Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-09-04 22:51 +0100
Re: questions re Javascript Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com> - 2015-09-05 20:29 +0100
Re: questions re Javascript "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-09-04 18:17 +0200
Re: questions re Javascript Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-09-04 19:40 -0400
Re: questions re Javascript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-09-05 09:47 +0200
Re: questions re Javascript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-09-05 22:16 +0200
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