Map Development Area (MDA)
Location:
_/_
programming
_/_
javascript
_/_
ecma-script
| ecma-script |
|
|
Types:
|
-
Comment:
-
international Web standard for scripting languages in a host environment
-
history
-
1997 first version -- approved as ISO/IEC 16262, 1998 -- third edition, approved 1999 -- fourth edition ISO/IEC (TC39)
-
Comment:
-
division by infinity and division by zero are both defined and are not errors -- they should burn in hell
-
Comment:
-
language is 'object-based': objects, but no classes -- prototype based
-
Comment:
-
programming environment: language + host infrastructure -- for the web: server and browser
-
Comment:
-
addressed NOT to the professional programmer but to the casual one
-
Comment:
-
formally known as ECMA 262 and ISO/IEC 16262
-
Comment:
-
implementations may add more types, functions and objects
|
|
|
