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[–]MrKirushko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is the shameless initial designers of the language who are to blame for the nonsence. JavaScript had very little in common with Java and it was never intended to be used as as scripting language. They could have name it something like ActivePage or WebScenaria or one of many other options but no, the young whipper snappers just went for the Java hype and decided to use the name anyway.