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| Message-ID | <3649895.Pvjh1iD0xn@PointedEars.de> (permalink) |
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| From | Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> |
| Organization | PointedEars Software (PES) |
| Date | 2013-01-20 23:08 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: TypeScript |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.javascript |
| References | <afcaa180-105b-423a-8615-3e376bf3961f@googlegroups.com> <367afdeb-b4ff-4b21-a925-ff321838ee1f@googlegroups.com> <8342885.iO4lWsvZkY@PointedEars.de> <9741697a-b6d9-4db8-b2ce-1ba3a1c92602@googlegroups.com> |
| Followup-To | comp.lang.javascript |
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Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote: [Full quote intended] > On Sunday, January 20, 2013 2:48:01 PM UTC-6, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn > wrote: >> Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote: >> >> >> >> > On Sunday, January 20, 2013 6:11:59 AM UTC-6, Seshu Koorella wrote: >> >> >> Introduction to TypeScript a open source super set of JavaScript from >> >> >> Microsoft. >> >> > >> >> > I believe TypeScript is off-topic as much as CoffeeScript, >> > ActionScript, >> >> > JScript.NET, Mascara, and other "supersets" of JavaScript. The >> > soon-to-be >> >> > ES6 would be on-topic though >> >> >> >> I do not know about TypeScript, but you are mistaken about most of the >> other >> >> languages. >> >> >> >> It is particular nonsense to say that JScript .NET would be a “superset” >> of >> >> JavaScript. In fact, their similarity draws from the fact that both of >> them >> >> are implementations of ECMAScript: >> >> >> >> JavaScript is Netscape's, now Mozilla.org's, implementation of ECMAScript >> >> Editions 1, 2, 3, and (currently) 5.x. >> >> >> >> JScript .NET (JScript 8.x and 10.x) is Microsoft's implementation of a >> >> Netscape proposal for ECMAScript Edition 4 which, among other features, >> >> provides class-based inheritance, and was maintained by Waldemar Horwat >> of >> >> Netscape back then, that has been adapted for Microsoft's .NET framework. This is next to unreadable. Do not use Google Groups for posting. > I used scare quotes consciously. I have heard the superset claim more than > once in relation to each of these languages, where a more accurate term > would be divergence. The word JavaScript is being used in its common > parlance. If saying “‘superset’ of JavaScript” when meaning “ECMAScript implementation” is “common parlance”, then, unsurprisingly, ”common parlance” is utterly wrong. > "JavaScript" is not a context free word as much as one may wish > otherwise. Spoken like a true ignorant. Oh well, you cannot say I did not try. -- PointedEars Twitter: @PointedEars2 Please do not Cc: me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.
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http://seshukv.blogspot.in/2013/01/typescript-introduction.html Seshu Koorella <kurella.seshu@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 04:11 -0800
Re: http://seshukv.blogspot.in/2013/01/typescript-introduction.html "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2013-01-20 09:27 -0800
TypeScript (was: http://seshukv.blogspot.in/2013/01/typescript-introduction.html) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-01-20 21:48 +0100
Re: TypeScript (was: http://seshukv.blogspot.in/2013/01/typescript-introduction.html) "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2013-01-20 14:04 -0800
Re: TypeScript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-01-20 23:08 +0100
Re: TypeScript "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2013-01-20 14:42 -0800
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