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		thedance on Feb 25, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What people in tech had to say about JavaScript wh... Microsoft did a really great job of making MSIE a platform, too, with active scripting you could write browser programs in REXX or Tcl. It was really wide open.

btilly on Feb 25, 2020 [–]

But nobody could view your web page unless they had downloaded the appropriate scripting language.

That made it appropriate for intranet applications, but not the internet.

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