Re: questions re Javascript

From	Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript, comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: questions re Javascript
Followup-To	comp.lang.javascript
Date	2015-09-05 09:47 +0200
Organization	PointedEars Software (PES)
Message-ID	<3247094.1kJgyrEJG5@PointedEars.de> (permalink)
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Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> On 9/4/2015 11:33 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>>    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.

The statement should be modified to say “has *little* to do with Java” in 
that context because JavaScript was intentionally designed to resemble Java 
syntactically and semantically.

Please stop crossposting without Followup-To.  A discussion belongs only 
into to *one* newsgroup; in this case, comp.lang.javascript.
 
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questions re Javascript rdelaney2001@gmail.com - 2015-09-01 15:34 -0700
  Re: questions re Javascript mentificium@gmail.com - 2015-09-01 15:58 -0700
  Re: questions re Javascript Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-09-02 08:28 +0100
    Re: questions re Javascript "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-09-03 00:43 +0200
      Re: questions re Javascript "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-09-03 01:45 +0200
      Re: questions re Javascript Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-09-03 19:57 -0400
        Re: questions re Javascript "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-09-04 02:37 +0200
    Re: questions re Javascript Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-09-03 20:01 -0400
      Re: questions re Javascript Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-09-04 08:46 +0000
      Re: questions re Javascript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-09-05 09:35 +0200
    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
    Re: questions re Javascript Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2015-09-05 14:14 +0200
  Re: questions re Javascript Jay Braun <lyngwyst@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 14:42 -0700
  Re: questions re Javascript Chuck Anderson <seemysig@thisis.invalid> - 2015-09-05 03:22 -0600

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