Subj : Javascript for dummies like me
To   : Sys64738
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Dec 09 2021 11:57 am

  Re: Javascript for dummies like me
  By: Sys64738 to Digital Man on Wed Dec 08 2021 11:37 pm

 >   Re: Javascript for dummies like me
 >   By: Digital Man to Sys64738 on Tue Dec 07 2021 12:56:02
 >
 >  >  > However, it seems that programming has become less uniform and less
 >  >  > certain since the years when I was most involved (80's-90's).  The
 >  >  > paved roads of years past seem to have not been maintained and people
 >  >  > often find themselves cutting their own path to get to where they want
 >  >  > to go.
 >
 >  >  > In your opinion, would that be an accurate assessment?
 >
 >  > I think the tools are far better and more "paved" than they were in the
 >  > '80s and '90s.
 >
 > No doubt, the tools are far better.  However, there doesn't seem to be as
 > much consistency in the syntax of the programming languages that I've
 > observed. Such as with "console.print" as an example.  I'm not understanding
 > why that command wouldn't be universal and a common command within
 > JavaScript.

Because JavaScript was designed without a "console" in mind. Core JavaScript makes no assumptions about the I/O capabilities (screen, file, or otherwise) of the environment in which the script is running.
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