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Initially it was called Mocha or LiveScript and not intended to bridge Java applets. It really was invented to make HTML more dynamic. But eventually Netscape a
by Aldipower 1y ago
Initially it was called Mocha or LiveScript and not intended to bridge Java applets. It really was invented to make HTML more dynamic. But eventually Netscape and Sun did a license agreement. Sun owned Java. From this point on, the name JavaScript was born and it was marketed to bridge browser and Java applets.
- karel-3d 1y agoAh, okay then. I gave too much weight to old press releases then. Anyway Java applets (and ActiveX) was expected to be the main thing; write once, run anywhere; and that world would be much much worse than what we got.