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Java vs JS

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 11:16 am
by d3ad1ysp0rk
No, I'm not asking the difference.

Does anyone else get annoyed by the use of Java as a substitute of JavaScript when someone is posting?

"How would I use Java to do this?" - First thing I think is Java applet, etc etc, and I start writing my post, only to realize that they meant Javascript.

I think it's more of a pet peeve than anything :P

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 2:54 pm
by basdog22
Don't know if this feets here but :
JS
is the same as
JavaScript
?????



I think JS is something like JScript used in windows. Correct me here if i am wrong :roll:

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 4:22 pm
by d3ad1ysp0rk
Not sure about the JS being JScript, but the extension for javascript is .js.. so.. hopefully it's not the same, or there's another thing to get confused with :P

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 6:51 pm
by tim
yeah for sure.

the applet useage (java) is always refered to as JS by people who dont knoe any better.... heck, I think sometimes I even made the mistake..

its one of those habits that are simply just hard to break

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 8:20 pm
by m3mn0n
Yeah it's annoying but oh well.

There is JavaScript (made by Netscape), Java (made by Sun), and JScript (made by Microsoft).

I try to use the full names of thoses three because acronyms just confuse people, as you pointed out.