Scripting in the future... 2004-03-22 - By Luc-Eric Rousseau
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The magazine like as the one quoted originally, talk to people
developing web server-side scripting and database applications.
Their comments, and the general discussion of dot Net, are not
directly relevant to an application like XSI (or even Microsoft's
own web browser) that uses Active Scripting as a built-in macro
language.
XSI and the many other applications that use this technology will
continue to work for many years with the VBscript and JScript even
if these become 'legacy technology' in some markets.
Note that JavaScript's language, as mentioned below, is an open standard
and not related to Java. The confusion is merely as a
result of Netscape deciding to spin its scripting language
(Live Script) at the same time it was introducing Java
support in the browser. The languages were developed independently.
Many open- and closed-source implementation of JavaScript are available,
and as you can see by the recent apearance of Javascript
in Combustion and AfterFx, the language is definitely
not going away and not owned by a single entity.
-- --Original Message-- --
From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)]On Behalf
Of kim aldis
Posted At: Monday, March 22, 2004 12:53 PM
Posted To: xsi
Conversation: Scripting in the future...
Subject: RE: Scripting in the future...
I was assuming with the common syntax Sun would have at least had some hold
over Javascript? Obviously not.
So what is the likely future of scripting in xsi?
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: owner-xsi@(protected)
> [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of Jerry Gamache
> Sent: 22 March 2004 17:44
> To: XSI@(protected)
> Subject: RE: Scripting in the future...
>
> 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
> > >
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