Re: [xml-dev] DOM's javascript roots (was Re: [xml-dev] Have JDOM / XOM

[Elliotte Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>]

Robin Berjon wrote:

> Do you have an example of something in the DOM that hurts Java that was 
> obviously done so that Javascript would work? In the other direction, 
> you don't need to look any further than NodeList (not even counting the 
> liveness).

Of course. No method overloading. Think createElement, createElementNS, 
etc. Java and C++ wouldn;t desing an API like that.

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