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Asked: 2026-06-10T18:25:06+00:00

Basically this is the question. Which is the difference between these two statements: language

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Basically this is the question. Which is the difference between these two statements:

language

<script language="javascript" src="_js/calendar/calendar.js"></script>

text/javascript

<script type="text/javascript" src="_js/calendar/calendar.js"></script>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Per the HTML 4.01 Spec:

    type:
    This attribute specifies the scripting language of the element’s contents and overrides the default scripting language. The scripting language is specified as a content type (e.g., “text/javascript”). Authors must supply a value for this attribute. There is no default value for this attribute.

    language: Deprecated. This attribute specifies the scripting language of the contents of this element. Its value is an identifier for the language, but since these identifiers are not standard, this attribute has been deprecated in favor of type.

    Language is generally used to indicate the Javascript version that your script requires. Browsers that support the language attribute won’t load or run the script if it doesn’t support it. About the only use would be if you had critical Javascript functions where you needed workarounds for older browsers.

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