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Asked: 2026-06-01T01:04:24+00:00

I was baffled today when someone mentioned on a group that Javascript has evolved

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I was baffled today when someone mentioned on a group that Javascript has evolved from the scripting language it was to a language that nearly equals Java – ie. It can also be used to develop native apps by combining it with html5/css anywhere. All the places which I can grab an understanding of Javascript online currently still describe it as a scripting language, and my understanding of the scripting concept is that you script for an application and the app interpretes. Given this, I have three questions:

  1. Is Javascript still a scripting language?
  2. Who really defines what the standard Javascript is?
  3. Is there a need to redefine the javascript which is now evolving so much in app development?

I’ll really appreciate official links/sources. Thanks.

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    1.) Yes. It is at least a language that gets interpretated and not compiled (even tho, V8 does some on-the-fly assembly)

    2.) ECMA

    3.) The language is on the flux all the time. Right now ES.Next (ES6 or “Harmony”) is on the way.

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