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Javascript:

  • can be run on web browsers with sproutcore/cappuccino.
  • can be run on web server with node.js/express.
  • can be run on mobile phones with appcelerator/phonegap.
  • can be run on the terminal as scripts.

Of course javascript will grows stronger on the latter three areas by time.

I read somewhere someone said something like:

"What coders want is very simple: One language, everywhere".

Has Javascript succeeded to be a language that could be run everywhere compared to others?

I cannot name another language that could.

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Well, there's always C. I've heard that runs everywhere.

Sebastian Good
Even in the browser? You can manipulate the DOM with it? And on the terminal as scripts?
never_had_a_name
Most browsers *are* C (or C++)
sje397
@sje397. Read my question again. It's not about what language the browsers are written in.
never_had_a_name
@ajsie: If you put 'run in browsers' as one of your criteria, then it's either javascript, or nothing. If it's about the ubiquity of the language, then I think this point is a good one.
sje397