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> But the browser-supported languages seems to have been almost entirely Javascript and VBScript. FWIW I recall only being able to use VBScript in IE (maybe th
by the_only_law 5y ago
> But the browser-supported languages seems to have been almost entirely Javascript and VBScript.
FWIW I recall only being able to use VBScript in IE (maybe there was a way to run ActiveX components in other browsers?)
I want to say tho, that many (most?) MS Active Scripting languages could run as client scripts, at least I recall Perl ones running in a browser context through ActivePerl.
- eqvinox 5y agoMy (hazy) memory says early IE only did VBScript, trying to "win out" against JavaScript, then MS "invented" JScript, until at some point they gave up and added JavaScript. And yeah I used PerlScript (ActivePerl) in some hacks, but you had to install that separately which pretty much killed it.
- goto11 5y agoJScript was the same as JavaScript. MS just called their implementation JScript for trademark reasons.