Fw: Python vs. VBScript vs. JavaScript in context of Windows Scripting Host?

[John Benson]

Yes, but I was referring to VBScript apart from the runtime children like
Dictionary, Network etc., like the C language apart from the Standard
Library. I agree, though, Dictionaries are cool, however supplied.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Weimann" <cweimann at k12hq.com>
To: "John Benson" <jsbenson at bensonsystems.com>
Cc: <python-list at python.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: Python vs. VBScript vs. JavaScript in context of Windows
Scripting Host?


> On 05/15/2004-12:01PM, John Benson wrote:
> >
> > * no record types, just numerically-indexed arrays, so record handling
is
> > kludgy
>
> Scripting.Dictionary
>
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/script56/html/jsobjDictionary.asp
>
>    A Dictionary object is the equivalent of a PERL associative array.
Items
>    can be any form of data, and are stored in the array. Each item is
>    associated with a unique key. The key is used to retrieve an individual
>    item and is usually an integer or a string, but can be anything except
>    an array.
>
>