The major problem with JavaScript is that it is not portable. An application
developed with Microsoft’s ASP does not work on Netscape servers and vice
versa. Obviously, ASP is available only on Windows Web servers. Using
JavaScript with Apache on Linux is simply not an option.
Python
Python is an object-oriented scripting language with a very pleasant syn-
tax. Python offers an XML parser. Although Python is rapidly gaining in
popularity, it is yet not as popular as Perl and JavaScript.
There is a Java implementation of Python which gives you access to all the
Java tools.
Omnimark
Omnimark is another scripting language that was developed specifically ...
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