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RE: Suggestions for a server-side, JSP-based on-line help system
Subject:RE: Suggestions for a server-side, JSP-based on-line help system From:MList -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:32:11 -0400
> > > I am looking for a browser and
> > > platform independent solution that does not require
> > > the java virtual machine
> > > to be running on the client.
> >
> > Most web-based help systems have a javascript option,
> > which does not require the JRE. You can also go plain
> > HTML with good navigation aids.
>
> What JavaScript options *do* require a JRE? Java isn't JavaScript.
Er, the use of the comma, followed by "which..." indicates that
the writer is making use of the "that/which" distinction, which,
despite becoming something of a lost art, indicates that s/he
understood (and showed the understanding implicitly) that a Java
Runtime Environment is not required for JavaScript.
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