jeremy watts

hi,

excuse this naive question from a newbie, but i am wondering what the
differences are between 'java' and 'java script'.

i know that java script is a language thats embedded in the html of the
brouser and the clients machine then interprets that, so then is java a
compiled version of a program that resides on the server?


thanks
jeremy

andrew thompson

Please see my answer on c.l.j.programmer,
and please do not multi-post..
<http://www.physci.org/codes/javafaq.jsp#xpost>

Here is some more information on the available groups..
<http://www.physci.org/codes/javafaq.jsp#groups>
I suggest that c.lj.help is best for beginners.

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roedy green

They have almost nothing in common but the name. They are both
computer languages that run on PCs.

JavaScript is a language that runs only inside browsers. Java will run
that way but more often runs standalone on the desktop or on a server.

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/javascript.html

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