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We didn't acknowledge a debt to Oberon (did Java? It owes one too, Bill Joy evaluated Oberon closely). My pal Michael Franz at UCI studied under Wirth. Michael
by BrendanEich 11y ago
We didn't acknowledge a debt to Oberon (did Java? It owes one too, Bill Joy evaluated Oberon closely).
My pal Michael Franz at UCI studied under Wirth. Michael and a PhD student, Chris Storck, did an AST encoder years back that influenced me and that I referenced re: wasm.
Oberon's great. JS was in the right place and right time. What can I say? I've been taking all the best ideas from the best projects and trying to get them incorporated, ever since 1995.
- gecko 11y agoSorry, just to be clear, I don't see anything wrong at all with raiding the best ideas from older languages. It's actually awesome: it means those ideas get used. I'm genuinely just amused at the cycle.