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I didn't know that. Is there anywhere I can read about it?
by pgcj_poster 7y ago
I didn't know that. Is there anywhere I can read about it?
- krapp 7y agohttps://eager.io/blog/a-brief-history-of-weird-scripting-languages/ https://eager.io/blog/a-brief-history-of-weird-scripting-lan... mentions support for multiple languages, including TCL. And the possibility of scripts is mentioned at least as far back as HTML3[0] in 1996, with the script tag being added as a placeholder element in HTML 3.2[1], and Java applets were already supported. So while it wasn't there at the very beginning, it's clear the architects of the web didn't consider running code in the browser to be antithetical to its purpose. [0]https://www.w3.org/TR/WD-script-960131.html https://www.w3.org/TR/WD-script-960131.html [1]https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000478.shtml https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd0004...
- rswail 7y agoThe original thesis on REST by Fielding [1]. Section 5.1.7 Code On Demand [1] https://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/fielding_dissertation.pdf https://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/fielding...