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In 1995-2005, JVM was a serious competitor for the web, it's why JavaScript was named JavaScript.

• hnbroseph 7y ago
  javascript is named javascript for marketing purposes. your example is an almost stereotypical misunderstanding by people unfamiliar with java.
  • taejo 7y ago
    Those marketing purposes are exactly what dtech is referring to.
    • hnbroseph 7y ago
      marketing purposes being a non-technical thing, which isn't a very meaningful support to saying something like js/webassembly are replacing the jvm.