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The only connection between Java and JavaScript is that JavaScript stole Java's name as a marketing ploy for Netscape scripting. (I would call JS a competitor t

by sukilot 12y ago

The only connection between Java and JavaScript is that JavaScript stole Java's name as a marketing ploy for Netscape scripting. (I would call JS a competitor to Java applets, but it wasn't even that. It was a complementary technology.) And "mainstream" only referred to marketing budget. Perl and Python and Tcl had already launched (Perl and Tcl quite popular for the era.) Java's main novelty was the relatively strong cross-platform story due to the VM and GUI bindings.

dmak 12y ago
To further that point, JavaScript is more similar to Scheme if anything.
- rhinoceraptor 12y ago
  Even more ridiculous is that JavaScript and Java are the same age.
  - pan69 12y ago
    So, you could ask: Would JavaScript make it if introduced today?
    - stickfigure 12y ago
      More importantly: Would JavaScript make it if it wasn't forced on everyone by way of web browsers?