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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (was: Optional semicolons - wrong rule or wrong example?)

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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

> He is writing „JavaScript“, but he is actually describing several ECMAScript 
> implementations in Web browsers which may or may not have all of the 
> described features in common, without being aware of it.  

Flanagan explains his use of the term "JavaScript" in a box in the
introduction chapter of the 6th edition[1]:

| [...] In practice, just about everyone calls the language JavaScript.
| This book uses the name "ECMAScript" only to refer to the language
| standard.

One may argue that this is awkward, but at least he informs the reader
about his chosen nomenclature.

> He is _not_ 
> describing several other ECMAScript implementations, and may be wrong with 
> regard to the common features of those that he thinks he is describing, in 
> Web browsers and elsewhere, being blissfully unaware of it.  Somewhat of a 
> result, so were you – until now.

Indeed, it seems that the current (6th) edition does not even mention
the availability and usage of ECMAScript implementations other than in
Web browsers, what renders the title of the book deficient.  Other than
that, it is to my knowledge the best available textbook on practical
browser side scripting.  Taken with a grain of salt, I consider it a
decent *introduction* to this subject.

[1] This part of the book is (currently) available online via the book
preview ("Look inside") on amazon:
<http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Definitive-Guide-Activate-Guides-ebook/dp/B004XQX4K0/ref=sr_1_1_twi_2>

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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Optional semicolons - wrong rule or wrong example? Peter <pilarp@poczta.onet.pl> - 2014-12-16 13:58 -0800
  Re: Optional semicolons - wrong rule or wrong example? "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-12-16 23:21 +0100
  Re: Optional semicolons - wrong rule or wrong example? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-12-17 00:10 +0100
    JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (was: Optional semicolons - wrong rule or wrong example?) "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-12-17 01:29 +0100
      Re: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-12-20 23:00 +0100
        Re: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-12-20 23:04 +0100
        Re: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-12-28 23:52 +0100
          Re: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-12-28 23:52 +0000
            Re: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2015-01-01 21:46 -0800
              Re: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-01-02 09:32 +0100
                Re: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2015-01-03 07:54 +1100
                Re: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-01-02 22:14 +0100
                Re: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2015-01-03 11:46 +1100
                Re: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-01-03 11:59 +0100
                Re: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2015-01-03 23:46 +1100
                Re: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-01-03 14:57 +0100
                Re: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2015-01-04 09:31 +1100
                Re: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-01-04 00:29 +0100
                Re: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2015-01-04 20:17 +1100
                Re: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-01-04 10:57 +0100
                OT: Mass, weight and friction (was: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide) "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-01-03 02:52 +0100
  Re: Optional semicolons - wrong rule or wrong example? Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2014-12-18 14:39 +0100
    Re: Optional semicolons - wrong rule or wrong example? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-12-18 14:04 +0000

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