snydeq writes “JavaScript creator Brendan Eich speaks at length about the future of JavaScript, ARAX, disputes with Microsoft, and the Screaming Monkey scripting engine for IE in an interview with InfoWorld’s Paul Krill. JavaScript 2, which Mozilla’s Eich anticipates to be available in some form by the end of the year, will ‘address programming in the huge.’ To do that, Eich hopes to improve the integrity of the language without sacrificing flexibility and making JavaScript ‘painfully static in a fixed way like Java does.’ Eich does not expect Firefox support for JavaScript 2 until at least Version 3.1 of the browser. As for World wide web Explorer, Eich explains how Screaming Monkey will help bring JavaScript 2 to IE should Microsoft drag its heels on providing meaningful support.”
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