+1<div><br></div><div>Ham is to hamster what Java is to JavaScript.</div><div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sridhar@laptop.org.au">sridhar@laptop.org.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
JavaScript, not Java. They are completely different languages.<br>
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The back history is that "JavaScript" was originally positioned as a<br>
scripting addition to Java. It quite quickly grew its own legs, and is<br>
now a very capable language on its own. Unfortunately the name still<br>
creates confusion.<br>
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Sridhar<br>
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On 31 May 2011 09:34, Eric Barrows <<a href="mailto:eric.barrows@gmail.com">eric.barrows@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Yes, but flash is working better on the XO than Java is...<br>
> <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/119475" target="_blank">http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/119475</a><br>
> (I can't see if angrbirds works as it's blocked by DET)<br>
> "eating is a political act." Michael Pollan.<br>
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> On 25 May 2011 17:40, Sridhar Dhanapalan <<a href="mailto:sridhar@laptop.org.au">sridhar@laptop.org.au</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Yet another example of what can be done in pure JavaScript: a full x86<br>
>> emulator, running Linux.<br>
>><br>
>> Also, here's Angry Birds in JavaScript: <a href="http://chrome.angrybirds.com/" target="_blank">http://chrome.angrybirds.com/</a><br>
>><br>
>> I'm looking forward to kicking Flash to the kerb and embracing open<br>
>> standards for the Web! :)<br>
>><br>
>> Sridhar<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
>> From: Sameer Verma <<a href="mailto:sverma@sfsu.edu">sverma@sfsu.edu</a>><br>
>> Date: 20 May 2011 07:41<br>
>> Subject: [Sugar-devel] Booting Linux over JavaScript.<br>
>> To: OLPC Devel <<a href="mailto:devel@laptop.org">devel@laptop.org</a>>, Sugar-dev Devel<br>
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>> Try <a href="http://bellard.org/jslinux/" target="_blank">http://bellard.org/jslinux/</a> in Google Chrome/Chromium or Firefox<br>
>> 4. Original post at <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/443200/" target="_blank">http://lwn.net/Articles/443200/</a><br>
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>> cheers,<br>
>> Sameer<br>
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