I personally would never compare the two. Someone said: java to JavaScript is like car to carpet. And I completely agree with that.

Reminds me of one of C++'s talks from Andrei Alexandrescu:

"std::allocator is to allocation what std::vector is to vexation".

There was another transparency inside:

"std::allocator is to allocation what alligator is to allegation".

kleiba2 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Someone said: java to JavaScript is like car to carpet.

You mean the sibling who commented five minutes before you?

	▲	Yokolos 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		The saying has been in use since at least 2018, so I think "someone" is accurate. https://www.keycdn.com/support/difference-between-java-and-j...

inigyou 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

as ham is to hamster

	▲	inigyou 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		as ant is to antidisestablishmentarianism