I’ve read it wasn’t a hack, but my memory is mixed and I’m as old as JavaScript.
It was somewhat of a consensus that scriptability is needed. Java applets, Flash, Sun plans to add support for scripting webpages with Java, alternative plans for the same with TCL, Netscape plans for the same with some Lisp, and then they decided upon what became JS.
A lot of things are scriptable and it is convenient. I’m not sure anyone expected this to be just used as a base for more and more complexity in an application platform. Probably the idea was that scripted hypertext pages will remain such, and in future there will be other dedicated technologies for other purposes.
I’m fascinated with Java, just can’t concentrate on learning it. My idea of a wonder language would run on something like JVM (or like Forth machine, LOL) and be as terse and simple as TCL.
I’ve read it wasn’t a hack, but my memory is mixed and I’m as old as JavaScript.
It was somewhat of a consensus that scriptability is needed. Java applets, Flash, Sun plans to add support for scripting webpages with Java, alternative plans for the same with TCL, Netscape plans for the same with some Lisp, and then they decided upon what became JS.
A lot of things are scriptable and it is convenient. I’m not sure anyone expected this to be just used as a base for more and more complexity in an application platform. Probably the idea was that scripted hypertext pages will remain such, and in future there will be other dedicated technologies for other purposes.
I’m fascinated with Java, just can’t concentrate on learning it. My idea of a wonder language would run on something like JVM (or like Forth machine, LOL) and be as terse and simple as TCL.