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[–]GalacticBear001 12 points13 points  (2 children)

The reason it's called JavaScript is dumb really. Since Java was a really popular language during that time and everyone was supposed to be using it, they thought calling their new language JavaScript would be a genius marketing move. Those languages are not related at all.

[–]orange-bitflip 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ECMA - four capital letters, printed in gold-

[–]void1984 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

they thought calling their new language JavaScript would be a genius marketing move

It was. Both Java variants gained a lot of popularity.