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Joshua Cranmer

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Jan 2, 2009, 10:23:58 PM1/2/09
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Labyrinth wrote:
> I had these guys from C++ related groups making claims
> that Javascript is a horror story as far as security goes.
>
> I thought it is more or less a sandbox as far as internet
> access goes. Is that true?

Why are you asking a *Java* group about *JavaScript*?

/me curses the Netscape engineer who chose to name JavaScript after Java.
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RobG

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Jan 2, 2009, 11:19:40 PM1/2/09
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On Jan 3, 1:23 pm, Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeo...@verizon.invalid> wrote:
> Labyrinth wrote:
> > I had these guys from C++ related groups making claims
> > that Javascript is a horror story as far as security goes.
>
> > I thought it is more or less a sandbox as far as internet
> > access goes. Is that true?
>
> Why are you asking a *Java* group about *JavaScript*?

Because the OP is trolling for visitors to a site. A poster with a 23
line signature has suspect motives for posting.


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Rob

EricF

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Jan 2, 2009, 11:45:36 PM1/2/09
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In article <gjmloe$9ol$1...@news-int2.gatech.edu>, Joshua Cranmer <Pidg...@verizon.invalid> wrote:
>Labyrinth wrote:
>> I had these guys from C++ related groups making claims
>> that Javascript is a horror story as far as security goes.
>>
>> I thought it is more or less a sandbox as far as internet
>> access goes. Is that true?
>
>Why are you asking a *Java* group about *JavaScript*?
>
>/me curses the Netscape engineer who chose to name JavaScript after Java.
From the Wikipedia:

JavaScript was originally developed by Brendan Eich of Netscape under
the name Mocha, which was later renamed to LiveScript, and finally to
JavaScript.[5] The change of name from LiveScript to JavaScript
roughly coincided with Netscape adding support for Java technology in
its Netscape Navigator web browser. JavaScript was first introduced
and deployed in the Netscape browser version 2.0B3 in December 1995.
The naming has caused confusion, giving the impression that the
language is a spin-off of Java, and it has been characterized by many
as a marketing ploy by Netscape to give JavaScript the cachet of what
was then the hot new web-programming language

Conrad Lender

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Jan 2, 2009, 11:55:11 PM1/2/09
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Ah, good catch. I didn't read the sig and almost replied to that post.
Thanks.


- Conrad

Eric Sosman

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Jan 4, 2009, 4:35:17 PM1/4/09
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Joshua Cranmer wrote:
> Labyrinth wrote:
>> I had these guys from C++ related groups making claims
>> that Javascript is a horror story as far as security goes.
>>
>> I thought it is more or less a sandbox as far as internet
>> access goes. Is that true?
>
> Why are you asking a *Java* group about *JavaScript*?

Because he doesn't know or care about the difference.
He's been spamming his site across what appears to be half
the programming-language groups in Usenet, making simple
textual substitutions to the promotional messages in an
attempt to make the site seem relevant to each group.

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Eric Sosman
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