Subj : Javascript for dummies like me
To : Digital Man
From : Sys64738
Date : Fri Dec 10 2021 10:44 pm
Re: Javascript for dummies like me
By: Digital Man to Sys64738 on Fri Dec 10 2021 10:08:53
> And btw, this attribute is not unique to JavaScript. You've heard of the C
> and C++ programming languages, I'm sure. C and C++, the languages
> themselves, don't define a standard/universal "print" type function either.
>
> There *are* "Standard Runtime Libraries" for the C and C++ which add that
> functionality (e.g. puts, printf), but they're not part of the core language
> definition. I've worked professionally on C projects where there was no
> "print" type functionality at all (we did not use a "standard runtime
> library", nor was there a console to print to in the execution environment).
That is odd to me. Even the Eniac and Edvac had the ability to display a readout even if it was on punchcards or some other medieval median.
