Re: Should I learn C before Java ?

From: Bob (no.spam_at_see.the-sig.con)
Date: 02/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:11:23 +0000

You're right. My disgust of JavaScript is only an opinion, and I should
have made that more clear.

But, in my experience, JavaScript is commonly the leading cause of
broken web pages. I don't use Internet Explorer, and have no intention
of ever doing so again. Bad (or lazy) JavaScript code leads even the
biggest websites to say things like "Requires Internet Explorer 5 or
higher", and that's just not acceptable.

The last time I used JavaScript seriously (in 2000), it was capable of
producing some impressive gimmicks for over-the-top websites designed by
people who were obviously not programmers. Floaitng menus, custom GUIs,
etc. But, due to the awful tear down the middle of the language thanks
to Microsoft and Netscape trying to make their browser the one with the
biggest collection of unnecessary features, it required an epic amount
of effort to write code that worked exactly the same way on both
browsers. In fact, it usually required two sets of functions: one per
browser. And that, in my opinion, is an unacceptable way of developing
websites.

Standards are important, if not essential, on the Internet, and the last
time I was exposed to JavaScript there just weren't any deployed
standards. Things may have changed since then, but if they have there's
not a lot of excuse for the few sites that still publish IE-only code. 

-- 
Bob

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