Scripting in the future... 2004-03-22 - By Jerry Gamache
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Sorry Kim,
You got the jscript/JavaScript association right, but the JavaScript was not
developped by Sun.
In the beginning there was JavaScript, invented by Netscape, then Microsoft
embraced and extended it and it became jscript. Netscape retaliated by having
the langage standardized and ECMAScript was born.
Independently, Sun developped Java, which Microsoft tried to extend but was
forced to back down after a legal battle with Sun.
See http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/ARTICLES/Q154/5/85.asp
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish
Also, there is a big difference between what Microsoft would like (everyone
instantly upgrading all their applications and scripts to Longhorn/dotNet) and
what big companies with tons of legacy Visual Basic applications will allow (no
support? then no upgrades).
-- --Original Message-- --
From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)]On Behalf
Of kim aldis
Posted At: Monday, March 22, 2004 12:07 PM
Posted To: xsi
Conversation: Scripting in the future...
Subject: RE: Scripting in the future...
And to add, although they may want to wrap it in different paper, jscript is
Javascript which is licensed from Sun who don't like Microsoft playing with
it so I can't see jscript.Net being all that different from jscript.
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: owner-xsi@(protected)
> [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of kim aldis
> Sent: 22 March 2004 16:37
> To: XSI@(protected)
> Subject: RE: Scripting in the future...
>
> My guess is that for the most part it'll not be too bad.
> Scripting, as we know it in xsi is a function of the machine
> it's on, not of xsi itself and, bar a certain amount of
> language specific stuff and the support that requires, is
> dependant upon what you install on your computer, not what
> Softimage give you. Regardless of what happens with jscript
> and vbscript, python and perl will always be available. In
> fact, I seem to recall that Tcl can be used too, although I
> could be wrong.
>
> Visual Basic, though? Shudder.
>
> > -- --Original Message-- --
> > From: owner-xsi@(protected)
> > [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of Andy Hayes
> > Sent: 22 March 2004 15:58
> > To: XSI COM
> > Subject: OT: Scripting in the future...
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > If you check out the bottom of the following link it hints
> about the
> > limited future of vbscript and jscript.
> >
> > http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/ArticleID/21568/pg/2/2.html
> >
> > Its probably a little while away yet but I was just
> wondering if Soft
> > have any plans on the future of the supported scripting
> languages in
> > XSI?
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > +-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --+
> > andy hayes
> > senior lecturer & programme leader
> > ncca ~ bournemouth university
> > www.andymator.co.uk
> > http://ncca.bournemouth.ac.uk
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