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JS name was based on Java. Pure marketing name. Launched by Netscape with Sun approval (they used to own the trademark, now it is Oracle) in 95. Netscape had
by homarp 4y ago
JS name was based on Java. Pure marketing name.
Launched by Netscape with Sun approval (they used to own the trademark, now it is Oracle) in 95.
Netscape had money and marketshare.
It was adopted by competing browsers (IE in 96, Opera end of 97) and removed alternatives (perl, tcl, python in browsers (eg https://www.foo.be/docs/tpj/issues/vol2_3/tpj0203-0004.html https://www.foo.be/docs/tpj/issues/vol2_3/tpj0203-0004.html ))
- homarp 4y agoAs for the quality of JS, there was a reason "JS the good parts" was popular. JS was a quickly made (in 10 days). It showed.