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In <Pine.SOL.3.91-941213.970513141200.9615B-100000@aidan.ncl.ac.uk>, Phil Chung <P.Y.L.Chung@ncl.ac.uk> wrote:
> > AFAIK, developers of IBrowse are working on JAVA support, and even in
> > VoyagerNG 2.7 i saw a window which says "cannot open file xxx so cannnot
> > execute JavaScript", which means that this file will be in the future.
> 
> Isn't JavaScript and JAVA different?  JavaScript being a scripting 
> language from Microsoft?

Yes and no.

Java: byte-compiled language from Sun similar to the UCSD Pascal
	P-systems. An executor for bytecodes can be built into apps so
	that they can be loaded and run dynamically. It is usefull in
	apps other than browsers and as a stand-alone programming
	language. Sort of like ARexx on the Amiga. 

JavaScript (nee LiveScript): A scripting language built into Netscape
	Navigator to allow the author more control over the browser UI.
	It cannot be used outside of a browser. They changed the name
	from LiveScript to either ride the Java hype, or spread FUD in
	the browser market, depending on how kind kind you're feeling.

JScript: IBMs implementation of JavaScript in MSIE.

Another critical difference between Java & J*Script: Java has a public
spec and freely available sources for a sample implementation.
J*Script has a users manual. Java apps can be expected to interoperate
properly.  J*Scripts can't.

	<mike - who isn't stupid enough to leave either enabled in his browsers

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