Subj : Javascript for dummies like me
To   : Digital Man
From : Sys64738
Date : Fri Dec 10 2021 10:44 pm

  Re: Javascript for dummies like me
  By: Digital Man to Sys64738 on Fri Dec 10 2021 10:08:53

 > 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).

That is odd to me.  Even the Eniac and Edvac had the ability to display a readout even if it was on punchcards or some other medieval median.

                                                    SYS64738

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