NYCPHP Meetup

[Allen Shaw]

Hi All,

Having read John's posts here for a couple of years, my guess is his 
tongue was planted so firmly in cheek that some people didn't notice. 
If I'm right, I guess the fact that someone took him literally just 
reflects how common such a "javascript == java light for script kiddies" 
attitude is.  Nice, John.  :o)

- Allen

Morgan Craft wrote:
> I've never thought java was anymore difficult than php.  In fact JAVA 
> was the first programming language I learned in college in my 
> introductory computer sciences courses before moving on to C.  I picked 
> up PHP because it seemed like a simple and fast web development language 
> that gave me the flexibility to communicate with MySQL and Flash 
> Actionscript.
> 
> And JAVA and Javascript are nothing alike.  Javascript was made by 
> someone at Netscape, not Sun.  And it wasn't even called Javascript at 
> first.  Bleh, I could go on and on about the difference but I have work 
> to do.
> 
> I do enjoy the irony. Randal makes a jest about people not understanding 
> the difference between Javascript/java and someone had to illustrate the 
> point for us.  *bravo*
> 
> inforequest wrote:
> 
> 
>>Randal Rust randalrust-at-gmail.com |nyphp dev/internal group use| wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>>>On 12/14/05, Morgan Craft <morgan at forsalebyowner.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>>>JAVA was by far a better programming language.
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>
>>>The company that I work for is primarily a Java shop. The global HR
>>>director sent out an email the other day regarding some new jobs that
>>>were available. One of the requirements was something called JAVA
>>>SCRIPT.
>>>
>>>There are a lot of people, especially in the public sector
>>>environment, who still think that Java is king, and couldn't tell you
>>>the difference between Java and Javascript.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Randal Rust
>>>www.r2communications.com
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>
>>PHP is a scripting language. JAVA is a real language.
>>JAVA is a serious professional language capable of enterprise 
>>applications, not just web sites. It is too hard for most script 
>>programmers.
>>Therefore they also have JAVA SCRIPT, which is like a lightweight JAVA, 
>>made for script coders (like PHP coders who have graduated to something 
>>more serious, but aren't yet ready for the complexity of JAVA).
>>
>>Right?
>>
>>-=john andrews
>>http://www.seo-fun.com
>>
>>
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Allen Shaw
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