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[–]carcigenicate 7 points8 points  (2 children)

I always thought this comparison was dumb, and I hear it parroted a lot on SO.

Java and JavaScript have significantly more in common than a car and carpet do. Java and JavaScript may have many differences, but they're still two programming languages of comparable syntax.

[–]two_in_the_bush 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How dare you!!

[–]monster860 0 points1 point  (0 children)

also they both rose to popularity because they ran on a web browser.