The inclusion of this reserved keyword in the ECMAScript standard suggests that future versions of ECMAScript may be more strongly typed.
This keyword also represents a Java data type and the short keyword allows for the potential extension of JavaScript interfaces to access Java applet parameters and return values.
See also: | double, float, Integer, LiveConnect, long, Reserved word |
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