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What questions are on-topic for comp.lang.javascript_?

April 26, 2017on-topic

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What questions are on-topic for comp.lang.javascript_?

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The comp.lang.javascript newsgroup deals with ECMAScript languages, so any questions about JavaScript or JScript are welcome. However, the majority of questions sent to this group relates to javascript in a web browser. If you are experiencing issues with a particular browser, or the host is not a browser at all, please make this information clear. Javascript and Java are two completely different languages. Java questions should be asked in one of the comp.lang.java.* newsgroups; they are not appropriate for c.l.js (as Java and javascript are distinct programming languages with only superficial similarities due to sharing a C-like syntax and some of the characters in their names). Questions dealing with other scripting languages, such as VBScript, PerlScript or CGI scripting are also off-topic, as are HTML-only or CSS-only questions. Questions that are specific to Microsoft’s JScript may also be appropriately asked at: news:microsoft.public.scripting.jscript The comp.lang.javascript ne