Re:JavaScript Coercions Grid
by goatlover on Saturday March 30, 2019 @01:59PM
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> The key difference is in the context. "Embedded" Java and Flash still required an external runtime,
But that was Netscape's initial decision. There was nothing stopping a browser vendor from embedding Java into the browser the same way. Microsoft ended up doing that for VBScript in IE. Lotus Notes was embedding Java on their clients in the mid 90s alongside LotusScript. In addition to that, you could even copy/paste a Java applet from the web into Lotus email, and it would run, although that was different from having Java embedded as a language.
But that was Netscape's initial decision. There was nothing stopping a browser vendor from embedding Java into the browser the same way. Microsoft ended up doing that for VBScript in IE. Lotus Notes was embedding Java on their clients in the mid 90s alongside LotusScript. In addition to that, you could even copy/paste a Java applet from the web into Lotus email, and it would run, although that was different from having Java embedded as a language.