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ITAmember
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 168 Location: The middle of a cornfield |
Javascript is a pretty nice language, with some addons it could give shell scripting languages a run for their money. It wouldn't surprise me if javascript was the best optimized scripting language in the world either. So why isn't javascript used in areas outside of the internet? |
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sikpuppy
 Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 433 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript#Uses_outside_web_pages 
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ITAmember
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 168 Location: The middle of a cornfield |
But don't you think that list should be a lot longer? |
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sikpuppy
Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 433 |
Many would argue it should be shorter But not me.
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ITAmember
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 168 Location: The middle of a cornfield |
Do you think puppy should have more stuff coded in javascript? |
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sunburnt
 Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 4015 Location: Arizona, U.S.A. |
I had great hope for Java when it first came out, it`s simple and and I learned it quickly. But after that I realized the long learning curve to become familiar with all of the libraries. |
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Lobster
Official Crustacean  Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 15109 Location: Paradox Realm |
There are better and more suitable languages. Javascript was designed for the net. When it came out, javascript was so buggy that browsers had to be partially rewritten to accommodate this language. Javascript in a web page could crash your browser. Javascript was popular because it could be added to HTML. The java language (not the same thing) is far more robust but needs a huge run time plug in, which not all browsers support. Seamonkey supports javascript as configured in Puppy but needs a plug in for java applets and programs. http://puppylinux.org/wikka/JavaInPuppy Javascript can also be used to compromise your browser. Some people turn it off with program plug ins such as No-script. Later javascript became the language of choice for the Cloud generation (still to arrive in force) which is designed to complete the process of renting your computer software out to you. Javascript is a vastly improved language. . . . other programming language implementations written in JavaScript http://www.is-research.de/info/jslanguages/ _________________ Puppy WIKI |
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ITAmember
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 168 Location: The middle of a cornfield |
Just like we have better and more suitable languages for language conversion but we have a basic to C converter written in bash? |
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