Subj : Javascript for dummies like me
To   : Sys64738
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Dec 10 2021 10:08 am

  Re: Javascript for dummies like me
  By: Digital Man to Sys64738 on Fri Dec 10 2021 09:56 am

 >   Re: Javascript for dummies like me
 >   By: Sys64738 to Digital Man on Fri Dec 10 2021 08:36 am
 >
 >  >   Re: Javascript for dummies like me
 >  >   By: Digital Man to Sys64738 on Thu Dec 09 2021 11:57:08
 >  >
 >  >  > 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.
 >
 >  > I see.  So, with Core Javascript is there a standard/universal "print"
 >  > type option?
 >
 > No, because like I said, Core JavaScript makes no assumptions about the I/O
 > capabilities of the environmnet.

And btw, this attribute is not unique to JavaScript. You've heard of the C and C++ programming languages, I'm sure. C and C++, the languages themselves, don't define a standard/universal "print" type function either.

There *are* "Standard Runtime Libraries" for the C and C++ which add that functionality (e.g. puts, printf), but they're not part of the core language definition. I've worked professionally on C projects where there was no "print" type functionality at all (we did not use a "standard runtime library", nor was there a console to print to in the execution environment).
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