[JabberUK]

Hi again,

Could someone sum up the difference between Jave, Javascript and Perl.


Thanks

Jabber

[php guy]

Javascript is embeded in the HTML file, right on the page.
JAVA and Perl, along with other languages like PHP and MySQL are serverside, and require special server software to run.

[Heatsink]

Originally Posted by php guy

Javascript is embeded in the HTML file, right on the page.
JAVA and Perl, along with other languages like PHP and MySQL are serverside, and require special server software to run.

Umm...Java isn't server side, is it?

I'm pretty sure Java runs on a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) on the local machine. If there's a Java applet included in a webpage, your browser will download it and run it on the local machine or browser Java plugin.

Perl, PHP, and MySQL are server-side, yes - but MySQL isn't a scripting language so I'm not sure what it's doing in that list.

MySQL is a RDBMS. (Relational Database Management System??)

[php guy]

It was giving a basic discription of the differences to someone who hasen't worked with the, the point is to show them a basic difference, not get technacal and confuse them.

[Heatsink]

But the information you were giving is wrong. Java is not server side. I'll give the MySQL - I suppose it can be viewed as a language.

Wrong information is going to be more confusing for anyone in the long run because they will operateon that information. Then when the truth pops up, they'll wonder what's going on and perhaps look silly if it comes up in a converation.

[php guy]

He's obviusly not going to learn JAVA from this forum, and if he was going to learn JAVA, he would use a good resource, in which it will explain it in depth, but i supose if you want to make yourself feel better by correcting a small explanation, go right ahead.

[Heatsink]

Laff....it's not small dude, it was totally 180 degrees wrong. It's not about what I feel good doing, it's about ensuring the quality of the information on this site and sites like this.

If I say something wrong, I expect to be corrected. Anyone should - boards like this exist to help people. Giving people wrong information isn't helpful.

I'm not bashing you for being wrong, we've all been wrong - you'll notice my first post correcting you was quite gentle. It's your continued insistance that your error makes no difference that I find disturbing.

The better response would have been something like "Oopps...yup, my mistake".

[php guy]

Meh, you're right. I shouldn't post a half defining/ wrong post, but when I see "sum up the difference" I normally think a one sentence definition about the greatest difference.

[Heatsink]

Originally Posted by php guy

Meh, you're right. I shouldn't post a half defining/ wrong post, but when I see "sum up the difference" I normally think a one sentence definition about the greatest difference.

Hey..no biggie. I've posted some doozies over the years that makes yours look small

ttyl

Jon

[coool_03]

Originally Posted by Heatsink

Hey..no biggie. I've posted some doozies over the years that makes yours look small

ttyl

Jon

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Javascript is a scripting language
JAVA is an language
Perl is serverside like PHP, ASP
MySQL is RDBMS, Relational Database Management System.
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