For server side javascript the earliest vague reference I can think of is Steve Yegge, - "The Next Big Language" from 2007: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2007

For server side javascript the earliest vague reference I can think of is Steve Yegge, - "The Next Big Language" from 2007: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2007/02/next-big-language.html http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2007/02/next-big-language.ht... You seriously mean something was brewing 4 years before that?