| ▲ | nalekberov 3 days ago | |
> JavaScript was not developed as a fork of Java, but much of its basic syntax still resembles Java, so I think it's fair to compare them. It's absolutely irrelevant to compare these two languages. Calling the former "Javascript" was just a marketing trick. | ||
| ▲ | cesarb 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
> It's absolutely irrelevant to compare these two languages. Calling the former "Javascript" was just a marketing trick. Playing devil's advocate: back when you still could use Java in the browser, you could use Javascript to script your Java applets. | ||
| ▲ | inigyou 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
The original version was Scheme, but they made it look like Java for marketing, too. | ||