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Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine

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BGB wrote:

> On 3/13/2012 4:05 AM, John G Harris wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 at 00:03:13, in comp.lang.javascript, Thomas
>> 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>    <snip>
>>> There is no "javascript", that is a common misconception.
>>    <snip>
>>
>> Is there anyone else who agrees with Thomas ?
> 
> technically, one can argue that the "real" language in question is
> ECMAScript, which comes in several varieties:
> JavaScript;
> JScript;
> ActionScript;
> ...

One would be wrong, then.  ECMAScript is a standard for object-oriented 
programming languages, precisely scripting languages ("programming 
language[s] that [are] used to manipulate, customise, and automate the 
facilities of an existing system") [1].  JavaScript, JScript, and 
ActionScript are some of the different implementations of that standard that 
(sometimes conformingly) differ from the standard and from each another; 
they are ECMAScript implementations.

It is important to make that distinction, not least because it matters which 
implementation is being talked about, as it is the host environment that 
defines the implementation that is used.  In this case, the ECMAScript 
implementation that was being referred to with "javascript" was probably, 
but not necessarily, Google V8 3.7.12.12 or later in Google Chrome 
17.0.963.78 or later [2].

See also <http://PointedEars.de/es-matrix> (a rather extensive update to 
include the results of my current work is coming in a few months from now).


PointedEars
___________
[1] Ecma International (June 2011). Standard ECMA-262. ECMAScript
    Language Specification. 5.1 Edition.
    <http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-
     ST/Ecma-262.pdf> (accessed on 2012-03-17).
[2] <http://code.google.com/p/v8/source/browse/trunk/ChangeLog>
-- 
When all you know is jQuery, every problem looks $(olvable).

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Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine R Hall <richkhall@gmail.com> - 2012-03-11 23:50 -0700
  Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-03-12 07:59 +0000
  Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-03-13 00:03 +0100
    Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-03-13 11:05 +0000
      Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2012-03-13 12:37 +0100
        Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-03-14 16:24 +0000
          Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2012-03-16 01:55 +0100
      Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-13 09:03 -0700
        Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2012-03-13 10:53 -0700
          Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-13 12:36 -0700
        Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-03-13 19:07 -0700
          Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-13 22:43 -0700
            Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 06:09 -0700
              Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-16 12:53 -0700
              Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 13:30 -0700
                Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-16 15:42 -0700
                Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 17:32 -0700
          Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2012-03-14 14:04 -0700
            Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2012-03-16 01:40 +0100
      Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-15 14:20 -0700
        Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-03-16 17:28 +0000
          Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-16 10:53 -0700
            Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-03-17 17:00 +0000
        Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-03-17 12:05 +0100
          Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-17 10:24 -0700
      Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2012-03-16 19:39 -0600
        Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 18:54 -0700
        Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-03-17 16:53 +0000
          Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2012-03-17 13:10 -0600
            Re: Javascript directly calling the Google App Engine John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 13:06 +0000

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