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I hate JavaScript so much (lemm.ee)

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[–] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I assume vbscript is not Visual Basic? That was my first thought and I find that quite easy to grasp

[–] allywilson@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 years ago

Correct. You know how JavaScript is not Java? Same thing. If memory serves me correctly there was a bit of a race to be the next Windows script language between NT4 and 2000 (to replace batch), and it was between VBScript and Kixtart (the former won out).

[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Correct.

To get a feel for what VBScript was like, think of Visual Basic. Now throw out all the good bits and mix in a bunch of JavaScript style quirks.

Then try to parse binary data packets with it, beacuse XML isn't widely supported and JSON has not been invented/discovered yet.

It was bad.