Subj : Re: JScript vs Baja
To   : Tracker1
From : jc
Date : Sun Dec 27 2020 12:32 pm

 Re: Re: JScript vs Baja
 By: Tracker1 to Sprite on Sun Dec 27 2020 01:34 am

> On 12/23/2020 5:37 AM, Sprite wrote:
> >> But remember, Java and JavaScript are two different languages.  Yes, C# is a >> lot like Java
> (it
> seemed C# and the .NET platform in general) were designed >> similarly to Java, but JavaScript is
> significantly different and has much
> >> different use cases.
>
> > Well aware of the difference between Java & JavaScript.  :)  I suppose
> > given the thread title, though...
>
> > I was just kind of surprised that someone would call it the grandson of Pascal.  Pascal doesn't
> > seem similar to it in the slightest, to me...  More like of an offshoot of C...
>
> I was saying that C# is the grandson of Pascal.  Pascal begat Delphi,
> Delphi + Java begat C#.  So there are influences from C/C++/Java and  Pascal/Delphi in C#.
>
> JavaScript is more like a bastard child of scheme with curly braces.
> Though it has evolved into something incredibly flexible, powerful and
> useful by nature of being the language of the browser.

Now that is a great summary!! lol. I am still getting used to the braces. I am converting my Mystic baja code to Javascript. That is what I meant as more wordy, Baja is very shorthanded to do something, JS I have to expand, although I am finding it pretty short once I am used to it.

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