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	Revision 20 . . December 21, 2001 3:32 am by Hannes Hirzel [Clarified variable definition and scope]
	Revision 19 . . (edit) December 21, 2001 12:39 am by Hannes Hirzel [Added remark about equivalence of array and objects]
	Revision 18 . . December 21, 2001 12:29 am by Hannes Hirzel [Added object types]
	Revision 17 . . December 20, 2001 7:38 am by Hannes Hirzel [Elaborated a bit on protoype base OO]
	Revision 16 . . December 17, 2001 6:54 am by Hannes Hirzel [added intro and ending for Javascript code]
	Revision 15 . . December 16, 2001 10:19 pm by Taw [ECMA made a link]
	Revision 14 . . (edit) December 16, 2001 7:03 am by Hannes Hirzel
	Revision 13 . . (edit) December 16, 2001 6:53 am by Hannes Hirzel
	Revision 12 . . December 16, 2001 6:23 am by Hannes Hirzel [Added something about user interaction and reference about Unicode]
	Revision 11 . . December 14, 2001 8:04 am by Hannes Hirzel [added Unicode and regular expressions]
	Revision 10 . . (edit) December 14, 2001 6:13 am by Hannes Hirzel
	Revision 9 . . December 14, 2001 5:52 am by Hannes Hirzel [Added control structures]
	Revision 8 . . (edit) December 14, 2001 3:33 am by Hannes Hirzel
	Revision 7 . . (edit) November 19, 2001 8:23 am by Damian Yerrick [fixed link to DOM]

Difference (from prior major revision) (author diff)

Changed: 17c17

Variables are generally untyped. The scope of a variable is either in the web page if it has been declared with a var statement or just within a function.

Variables are generally untyped. Variables are defined by either just assiging them a value or by using the var statement. The scope of a variable is either the web page if it has been defined outside any function or just within a function. Unfortunatly on the client side there is no easy way for accessing variables defined in another web page. Workarounds are using either cookies or a hidden frame or window in the background to store them.