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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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John G Harris wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> RH wrote:
>>> I'm a newbie, and just starting to use javascript.
>> There is no "javascript".
> 
> One day Thomas will amaze us by suggesting an alternative word or phrase
> to replace 'javascript' (all lower case) to describe any or all of these
> languages.

BTDT.

> But if the name is more than 3 words long it's going to be ignored.

It has two words, three at most.

>>You are using JavaScript, JScript or something
>>else, depending on the runtime environment (the browser).  All of them are
>>ECMAScript implementations and share most of the syntax elements.
> 
> All of them are only partly ECMAScript implementations. Access routes to
> the DOM objects, or equivalent, are outside ECMAScript.

The APIs available for use with a programming language do not change the 
nature of that programming language.

>>> I've written a small program that simply adds an element to an unordered
>>> list in the DOM:
>> The DOM (Document Object Model) is an API.  You are adding an element to
>> the _document tree_ instead.
>   <snip>
> 
> Equally correct is to say he is adding an element to the document.

No, because the underlying markup does _not_ change.


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