Consider the following Javascript:

var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
for(var i=0; i < anchors.length; i++)
{
    alert(a.pathname);
}

When I run this on a page that contains links in the format "http://foo.com/bar", in IE8 I get back a string that looks like "bar". In Safari, Chrome, Firefox, I get back something like "/bar" (note the leading forward slash).

Is IE at fault here, what's the deal?

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