Subj : Javascript for dummies like me
To : echicken
From : Sys64738
Date : Fri Dec 10 2021 08:31 am
Re: Javascript for dummies like me
By: echicken to Sys64738 on Thu Dec 09 2021 14:16:38
> For whatever reason, JS has a fairly weak standard library and a lot of
> stuff is left to the implementor. Depending on where your JS is running, the
> notion of a 'console' to send output to might have a very different meaning.
>
> MDN says that 'console' appeared in browsers around the era of IE8, Firefox
> 4, Chrome 1, Safari 3. It probably wasn't widespread until at least 10 years
> ago. Its purpose is mostly to output debug info to a browser's dev tools
> console. Even then, it's just a convention and not part of the standard.
>
> Meanwhile Synchronet already had an object by that time which (presumably)
> DM chose to call 'console'. It has a different purpose entirely, even if it
> seems superficially similar to the 'console' in browsers or node.js.
This language sounds like a make it up as you go free for all. Sorta like building the bicycle while you ride it. What could go wrong? lol
SYS64738
