>Second, Sun had developed Self and made it really fast. It shares a lot with Java Script and would have served perfectly fine in that roll. What it doesn't sh

>Second, Sun had developed Self and made it really fast. It shares a lot with Java Script and would have served perfectly fine in that roll. What it doesn't share with JavaScript is the C and Java-like syntax. They didn't want to risk yet another Lisp and Smalltalk disaster where something far superior was created and then almost nobody used it.