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Re: questions re Javascript

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From Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com>
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Subject Re: questions re Javascript
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On 04/09/2015 22:51, Tim Streater wrote:
> In article
> <Java-and-JavaScript-20150904164419@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>, Stefan
> Ram <ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>
>> Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> writes:
>>> Given that the OP didn't seem to know very much, at this point in his
>>> learning process it is *much* *better* to say that these languages are
>>> not related. Then he can get on. He can learn a more nuanced lesson
>>> later on. All you and similar posters are likely to do at this stage,
>>> with your pedantry, is to confuse him.
>>
>>  You might underestimate the intelligence of a beginner
>>  when you believe that the correct answer
>>
>>      »JavaScript and Java are different languages.«
>>
>>  will significantly confuse him.
>
> You didn't say they were different languages. If you had, all would
> have been well. Instead you went off into a pedantic labyrinth where
> the learner doesn't need to go.
>
> It has nothing to do with the learner's intelligence and everything to
> do with interpreting his question and giving a useful answer.

Sanity.

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  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
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