Re: [voyager] Javascript implementation -> Java connection?

[Manuel Lemos]

Hello Oliver,

On 18-Apr-99 16:15:02, you wrote:

>> Reading all this indepth questions and programming stuff just leaves me
>> with this question: Now Holger Kruse will release Daytona Java within short
>> time
>> (I hope...), will Voyager V3 be able to make use of it? Or am I on the
>> <german> Holzweg </german> which would mean any program makes use of Java
>> if it's installed on the system?

>Ok, as this is a common misconception, I'll say it again:

>Java*script* and Java are absolutely *NOT* related in any way except that

That's not quite true. Javascript syntax was based on Java's.


>some marketroid at Netscape talked Sun into allowing them to use the name
>"Javascript" for the script language they have been developing for Netscape
>Navigator 2.0 (originally to be called "Livescript").

This is true as well.


Regards,
Manuel Lemos

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