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Foil 18 JavaScript Compared to Java - I

From JavaScript Tutorial for CPS616 Technologies of the Information Age 1997 Basic Information Track of CPS -- Spring Semester 97. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE
JavaScript: Interpreted and not compiled by Client or Server
Java: Compiled bytecodes downloaded from server and interpreted or (Just in Time) compiled by client
JavaScript: Object based but no classes or inheritance
Java: Object-Oriented. Applets consist of object classes with inheritance
JavaScript: Code typically integrated with or embedded(Entities) in HTML (SRC="File.js" is exception)
Java: Applets distinct from HTML and accessed by Applet Tag from HTML page

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