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Kinda the other way around right? Java was a popular language at the time so Brendan Eich picked that as part of the name to make his new language more popular.
by RandallBrown 1y ago
Kinda the other way around right? Java was a popular language at the time so Brendan Eich picked that as part of the name to make his new language more popular.
- thw_9a83c 1y agoMaybe. However, he wouldn't have been allowed to choose the name "JavaScript" if Netscape and Sun hadn't been in a business partnership. So my point is still valid. It was just a random ride on the Java wave.
- padjo 1y agoPretty sure Brendan Eich had nothing to do with the name JavaScript. That was a name cooked up by the marketing department.
- uncircle 1y agoThat is correct: in Brendan's own words: https://youtu.be/XOmhtfTrRxc?si=5J7LrNIaNo-_GNf7&t=99 https://youtu.be/XOmhtfTrRxc?si=5J7LrNIaNo-_GNf7&t=99 (starts at 1:39)