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As someone who used browsers in 2000 I have the same fond remembrance of JavaScript. Yet for some reason it still spreads like aids instead of following flash on its way out.

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Apples to oranges. Javascript is an open-standard language, not a closed black box runtime like Flash.

Ah, so now it is ok to have possible exploits or pages that are just a big canvas, 'cause open standards. /s

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