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that is a weird and complicated take. microsoft had visual basic in the browser, working like php works. that was microsoft's vision, which would have been the
by TheZenPsycho 13y ago
that is a weird and complicated take.
microsoft had visual basic in the browser, working like php works. that was microsoft's vision, which would have been the web if netscape didn't still have significant market share. IE had to implement javascript to be compatible with pages written for netscape.
simple as that. just microsoft's famous "embrace, extend, extinguish" strategy at work.
- jlgreco 13y agoMicrosoft's famous "embrace/extend/extinguish" is why they would have followed Netscape in implementing even a scheme-like javascript. They wouldn't have skipped the first two E's just because it was scheme-like instead of java-ish.
- TheZenPsycho 13y agoNo, but perhaps there would not have been any pages written for netscape for IE to be compatible with.