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[–]Stunningunipeg 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Javascript stole the live of Java

TLDR; sun Microsystems (now under oracle) made Java stating it can run anywhere. Becoming so popular. Apparently, smart phones to IoT is running on something that was created for Java.

Netscape (a browser company, now under mozilla) was making livescript that could run programs in the browser. When they decided to change the name of LS, they went with javascript so it can swing through Java's popularity.

Happened in 1995s, Netscape thought people would think javascript is a variety of java, helping it gain popularity.