Subject: Re: eCommerce, anyone?
From: Gordon Neault (gordo-x@shaw.ca)
Date: Wed Feb 27 2002 - 14:53:13 MST
It's important to be very specific with this issue; like I said the
similar names is very unfortunate.
Java can be run from a browser or not. The Java Plug-in is from Sun. MS's
implementation of Java is indeed the stuff of lawsuits.
JavaScript is entirely different, they are not compatible. Java will not
run a JavaScript and vice versa.
Java Applets use a OS-specific runtime to run the cross-platform Applet.
Because a browser is one (but not the only) way to load and run a Java
Applet, the plug-in exists.
As Sun is quick to point out, there is no such thing as a JavaScript
Applet, it is just plain JavaScript.
Similarly, there is no such thing as a Java Script, it is either
JavaScript or Java Applet. Perhaps to reduce the confusion (which clearly
is already too late) Sun makes a big deal about the specific words used to
describe each.
Sorry if I'm getting a little pedantic here, it's really a common problem
and a rename of one or the other is really in order.
On Wednesday, February 27, 2002, at 03:33 PM, Gordon Neault wrote:
> The plugin works when encountering Java applets via a browser (rare) not
> when javascript is used (common).
>
> On Wednesday, February 27, 2002, at 03:11 PM, Robert Brandtjen wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday 27 February 2002 02:27 pm, Gordon Neault wrote:
>>> That's correct. Java (Sun) and JavaScript are two completely different
>>> things with confusingly similar names.
>>> Apple's Runtime For Java (or anyone else's) is never used when dealing
>>> with JavaScript via a browser.
>>
>> it is when used as the plugin - check your plugins under OS9.x and see
>> whats
>> being used for the java plugin - only server side java scripts would not
>> be
>> run by it. and yes, the reason MS stopped shipping IE with a plugin was
>> due
>> to the Sun lawsuit.
>> --
>> Robert Brandtjen
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