Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: keywords in JavaScript Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 18:53:57 +0200 Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Lines: 35 Message-ID: <17839156.YQJfU3xvgP@PointedEars.de> References: Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: solani.org 1444582439 29231 eJwFwQUBADAMAzBLH3RgZ+RfwhOIkbWrwRSHa1IWRRLr4V1I+OaMvIYfZJY3yyu8ZxjoDwcsEOM= (11 Oct 2015 16:53:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.solani.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:53:59 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.14.2 X-User-ID: eJwFwYEBwDAEBMCVwvN0HET2H6F3DgonjE7z569TLPqs+XYfLRpIzR08ntvlV0aQ+FIhwfSq0Q2p2cJc+wFH+xV7 Cancel-Lock: sha1:xLxBKO9yAJdkPx8VdtFdDsB1vUg= X-NNTP-Posting-Host: eJwNyckBwDAIA7CVgBoHxkk59h+h1Vf+UFkHdMLXF3PlBoqamQqTqrbXUoP/RIx0cwNuE0I9HxHTEHc= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:28821 Stefan Ram wrote: > For JavaScript, there does not seem to be a language specification at > all. True. > It is just an implementation. Mozilla JavaScript is an implementation of ECMAScript. Google V8 JavaScript is another implementation of ECMAScript. There are more. Different versions of different implementations implement different Editions of ECMAScript in different ways. Some of those ways are conforming to the Specification, others are not. > But an implementation of what? Certainly, it does not implement > ECMAScript 2015. Incorrect; some more recent versions of languages whose name contains “JavaScript” implement it partially. > One might thus conclude: The behavior of a JavaScript > implementation is specifed by the behavior of Firefox. Ex falso quodlibet. If only you would stop jumping to conclusions, and do *proper* research instead, you could make real progress. -- PointedEars FAQ: | SVN: Twitter: @PointedEars2 | ES Matrix: Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.