ECMA Script

Here's from ftp://ftp.ecma.ch/ecma-st/Ecma-262.pdf

This ECMA Standard is based on several originating technologies, the most 
well known being JavaScript (Netscape)
and JScript (Microsoft). The language was invented by Brendan Eich at 
Netscape and first appeared in that
company's Navigator 2.0 browser. It has appeared in all subsequent browsers 
from Netscape and in all browsers from
Microsoft starting with Internet Explorer 3.0.

The development of this Standard started in November 1996. The first 
edition of this ECMA Standard was adopted by
the ECMA General Assembly of June 1997.

That ECMA Standard was submitted to ISO/IEC JTC 1 for adoption under the 
fast-track procedure, and approved as
international standard ISO/IEC 16262, in April 1998. The ECMA General 
Assembly of June 1998 approved the
second edition of ECMA-262 to keep it fully aligned with ISO/IEC 16262. 
Changes between the first and the second
edition are editorial in nature.

The current document defines the third edition of the Standard and includes 
powerful regular expressions, better
string handling, new control statements, try/catch exception handling, 
tighter definition of errors, formatting for
numeric output and minor changes in anticipation of forthcoming 
internationalisation facilities and future language
growth.

Work on the language is not complete. The technical committee is working on 
significant enhancements, including
mechanisms for scripts to be created and used across the Internet, and 
tighter coordination with other standards bodies
such as groups within the World Wide Web Consortium and the Wireless 
Application Protocol Forum.
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wendy a chisholm
world wide web consortium
web accessibility initiative
madison, wi usa
tel: +1 608 663 6346
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