Re: VBScript Vs. Javascript

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From: CoolHandSid (cool_at_coolhandluke.com)
Date: 03/03/04 

Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 21:16:38 -0500

Thanks for the post!!
I'm new to windows scripting!
All the things that can be done in VBScript can be done by JScript?

Sid.

"Chris Barber" <chris@blue-canoe.co.uk.NOSPAM> wrote in message
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> Oh dear God, not another VBScript vs. JScript request.
>
> Try them and see?
>
> VBScript is 'classic' and pretty good for ASP but in recent times has
begun
> to decline in favour of JScript due to better error handling and the
> possibility of common .js files used for both server-side and client-side
> scripts.
> JScript (or JavaScript) is the *only* language that should ever be used
for
> client side.
>
> That's about it really [apart from the obvious syntactic differences areas
> of functionality that differ such as number formatting (better in
VBScript),
> arrays (better in JScript), COM (some minor issues in JScript), expando
(non
> existent in VBScript)].
>
> Personally, I use JScript for everything now since I find it a easier for
> error handling and syntactically better than VBScript.
>
> Chris.
>
> "CoolHandSid" <cool@coolhandluke.com> wrote in message
> news:ubsut9LAEHA.448@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> for scripting for the web!!
>
> "CoolHandSid" <cool@coolhandluke.com> wrote in message
> news:eRpGz1LAEHA.2212@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Which one do you like the most and why?
> >
> >
>
>
>

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