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I definitely don't think Brendan "blindly" copied it. At the time, Sun was pushing Java hard. Netscape wanted in on that. So they delivered an edict to "make it
by nobleach 7y ago
I definitely don't think Brendan "blindly" copied it. At the time, Sun was pushing Java hard. Netscape wanted in on that. So they delivered an edict to "make it look like Java". We can all say, "well I would have pushed back". But it's hard to say what would have happened. He'd have probably been taken off the project.
Hindsight really is 20/20.
- gruez 7y ago>At the time, Sun was pushing Java hard. Netscape wanted in on that. [...] He'd have probably been taken off the project. Can you elaborate on this? Was netscape owned/funded by Sun?
- tyingq 7y agoThere was a partnership. The CNet article is still around. https://www.cnet.com/news/netscape-and-sun-unveil-javascript/ https://www.cnet.com/news/netscape-and-sun-unveil-javascript...