Description

The language attribute tells the browser which scripting language is to be used inside the script block (or in the file referred to by the src attribute, as shown in the example). It may be the name of the scripting language, or a version-specific implementation of the language (see the values below).

Note that the language attribute is nonstandard, and harks back to the days of what were known as the “browser wars.” The appropriate way to identify the contents of the script element is through the type attribute (for example, you might specify the content as "text/javascript"), and use JavaScript object/feature detection techniques within the script rather than assume that all browsers which support a given version of a scripting language support all of the features of that language—no questions asked.