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PyOpinion: Does Python Programming Marginalize You?

Ivan Van Laningham ivanlan at home.com
Tue Jun 6 13:44:54 EDT 2000 
Hi All-

Tim Peters wrote:
> 
> [Michael Hudson]
> > ...
> > Tangentially, does anybody know of any implementations of JavaScript
> > (not necessarily connected to a browser) that let you type interactive
> > commands into a listener and genereally muck about with the language?
> 
> Unsure about NS, but under IE5 you can type JavaScript expressions directly
> into the address bar (as if entering a URL), but prefixed with
> "javascript:".  For example, type this in:
> 
> javascript: 1+2
> 
> then hit ENTER; IE5 echoes back
> 
> javascript:%201+2
> 
> in the address bar and displays
> 
> 3
> 
> in the main window. 

Netscape echoes back the 

javascript: 1+2

line in the address bar, and does indeed display '3' in the main window.

> Unfortunately(?), vrbl assignments do not persist, so
> you're really limited to a single line of expressions:
> 
> javascript: x=3; y=4; x*x+y*y
> 
> So the answer to your question is "no" <wink>.  However, as with the Python
> shell, it's a convenient way to see what a line of JS does.
> 
> not-sure-this-new-fangled-web-stuff-will-ever-catch-on-ly y'rs  - tim
> 

<funny-thing-for-a-'bot-to-say>-ly y'rs,
Ivan
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