You're correct, although it's worth noting that you can get around this problem in Rhino (Javascript on the Java VM). Steve Yegge talks about this in his semi-

You're correct, although it's worth noting that you can get around this problem in Rhino (Javascript on the Java VM). Steve Yegge talks about this in his semi-recent talk "Rhinos and Tigers": http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/06/rhinos-and-tigers.html http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/06/rhinos-and-tigers.ht...