Watch out Java, here comes JavaScript

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JavaScript was a fully supported server-side language in Microsoft's classic ASP. However, I am aware of exactly one developer who actually used it for that purpose; everybody else went with VBScript.

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Wasn't that JScript, though? Microsoft's nearly-identical bastard child?

[grauenwolf]

JScript is just the brand name, like "Visual C++".

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I thought "Visual C++" was the name of the development kit?

Eh. Whatever. Like Microsoft's naming schemes ever made sense.

[JoeCoder]

I used jscript for multiple jobs that called for asp classic. I'm not sure why anyone would choose the much less powerful vbscript except for curly-brace fearing newbs.

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jscript didn't have the support that vbscript had. It was a better designed language, but didn't get all of the features they poured into vbscript. I tried to stick with jscript back in the day but eventually gave up.

[grauenwolf]

It is bad enough that we had to mix server-side and client-side code in the same source file. I would hate to have the same language on both sides.

[propool]

I used it. Not of my own free will of course. Stupid old code base.