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[nycphp-talk] Java - It's So Nineties

Adam Fields fields at hedge.net
Wed Dec 14 17:25:50 EST 2005


On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 04:19:05PM -0600, Allen Shaw wrote:
> Having read John's posts here for a couple of years, my guess is his 
> tongue was planted so firmly in cheek that some people didn't notice. 
> If I'm right, I guess the fact that someone took him literally just 
> reflects how common such a "javascript == java light for script kiddies" 
> attitude is.  Nice, John.  :o)

Fair enough.

This has all interested me enough to go look up the earliest reference
to JavaScript on the Netscape site in the IA, and lo and behold! It
claims that JavaScript is "based on the Java language".

http://web.archive.org/web/19961026232512/www3.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/version_3.0/index.html

Never believe anything you read on the web. Drats.

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