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Popular Myths about C++, Part 3

[For your winter reading pleasure, we're pleased to present this three-part series of new material by Bjarne Stroustrup. Part one is here , part two is here . Today we complete the series just in time for the holidays. Enjoy. -- Ed.]

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Server-generated JavaScript responses

The majority of Ajax operations in Basecamp are handled with Server-generated JavaScript Responses (SJR). It works like this: Form is submitted via a XMLHttpRequest-powered form. Server creates or updates a model object. Server generates a JavaScript response that includes the updated HTML templa…