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Javascript came from Java? Or was that just to make sure we were paying attention?
by 3825 14y ago
Javascript came from Java? Or was that just to make sure we were paying attention?
- ColinWright 14y agoLook at the original version of the essay from the wayback machine: http://web.archive.org/web/20020210063149/http://paulgraham.com/fix.html http://web.archive.org/web/20020210063149/http://paulgraham.... That link is in the original version of the essay, and that's why it's in the diagram that's described as a graph of the dependencies that PG gave. The version on the WayBack machine has: Javascript: Java is scary. It does not have: Python: Perl is a kludge.
- pasbesoin 14y agoSo, Graham's essays are mutable. ;-)
- gecko 14y agoThere's some truth to that: JavaScript's execution model was Scheme, with the syntax swapped out relatively last-minute in response to corporate pressure. What I genuinely don't remember anymore is whether LiveScript shipped with the Scheme syntax at any point. If it didn't, then yes, I'd say it's fair to say they shared an influence.