Comments on: Javascript, Rebranded http://softwareas.com/javascript-rebranded Mahemoff's Podcast/Blog - Web, Programming, Usability from the Author of 'Ajax Design Patterns' (AjaxPatterns.org) Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:29:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: jimbob http://softwareas.com/javascript-rebranded/comment-page-1#comment-286739 jimbob Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:14:37 +0000 http://softwareas.com/?p=458#comment-286739 <p>Ajax isn't Javascript. Not at all. That is like saying "curl" is php.</p> <p>In fact, when people say things like "Ajax is Javascript", or things like "I know Javascript" what they are really claiming "knowledge" of is is "new Ajax.Request()" and $ and $$.</p> <p>It might be said that if this is a rebranding, it is a terrible rebranding that has condemned the language to one use, and killed it, effectively.</p> Ajax isn’t Javascript. Not at all. That is like saying “curl” is php.

In fact, when people say things like “Ajax is Javascript”, or things like “I know Javascript” what they are really claiming “knowledge” of is is “new Ajax.Request()” and $ and $$.

It might be said that if this is a rebranding, it is a terrible rebranding that has condemned the language to one use, and killed it, effectively.

]]> By: Alex Martelli http://softwareas.com/javascript-rebranded/comment-page-1#comment-286717 Alex Martelli Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:26:59 +0000 http://softwareas.com/?p=458#comment-286717 <p>"Greek God": nope - rather, two (entirely human) Greek heros in the Iliad were both named Ajax -- the great "Ajax the Telamonian" and the lesser "Ajax the Locrian". (As a precision-focused Pythonista [even more pedantic than the average such character] out to learn more Javascript, I could hardly fail to point this out...).</p> <p>Alex</p> “Greek God”: nope – rather, two (entirely human) Greek heros in the Iliad were both named Ajax — the great “Ajax the Telamonian” and the lesser “Ajax the Locrian”. (As a precision-focused Pythonista [even more pedantic than the average such character] out to learn more Javascript, I could hardly fail to point this out…).

Alex

]]> By: Ajaxian » JavaScript, Rebranded….. Check. http://softwareas.com/javascript-rebranded/comment-page-1#comment-286219 Ajaxian » JavaScript, Rebranded….. Check. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:02:35 +0000 http://softwareas.com/?p=458#comment-286219 <p>[...] Mahemoff has a nice little post on the rebranding of JavaScript. It kicked off when he was listening to Steve Yegge on rebranding: He talks about how languages [...]</p> [...] Mahemoff has a nice little post on the rebranding of JavaScript. It kicked off when he was listening to Steve Yegge on rebranding: He talks about how languages [...]

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