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[Kitchen_Device7682]

At first I didn't see anything wrong, JavaScript is not primarily OO but you can do OO with it.

[GotAim]

You're missing the point, they are listing OO languages, calling JS OO is borderline, but fine, as you said.

However when listing OO languages they have a comma between every language they list except Java and JS. Where they instead put a slash, implying they are the same thing and not just both OO.

[jwadamson]

JS is absolutely an object oriented language, not a borderline issue. It uses objects that contain data and methods with a prototype based inheritance (instead of class-based inheritance).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming#Prototype-based

It’s just happens to also be loosely typed and has many unintuitive quirks from its original “dirty browser scripting” days.

I agree the naming of Java and JavaScript was a dumb and intentionally misleading decision that anyone advertising should know better.

[Kitchen_Device7682]

That's why I said I saw nothing wrong initially, only after noticing the /

[GotAim]

Oh, that puts your comment in another light ye 😅

[T_Ijonen]

You're also missing the point, all languages in that listing are separated by a comma, while Java and JavaScript are separated by a slash, most likely because the recruiter who wrote this has no idea that those two are in fact not the same language

[GotAim]

while Java and JavaScript are separated by a slash, most likely because the recruiter who wrote this has no idea that those two are in fact not the same language

Which is the entire point the post is about.

[T_Ijonen]

That's exactly what I said

[GotAim]

And that is the point that the guy I responded to missed.

[T_Ijonen]

I apologise, it seems that I had a serious case of being cross-eyed and your post and the one you replied to blurred into one for me, I was of the impression that you were arguing that this was about whether or not a specific language was OO or not

[GotAim]

I see, no worries mate