"React was basically invented by John carmack to do doom 3 and copied to render web pages. " Does anyone have any reading material on this? I've never heard it

"React was basically invented by John carmack to do doom 3 and copied to render web pages. " Does anyone have any reading material on this? I've never heard it and a quick Google turned up nothing, but I'd love to read about it. Unless it's a joke that went over my head...?