• gnuswann@programming.devOP
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    1 year ago

    As far as I know, that’s because Java was the world’s first programming language at the time when Netscape and Brendan Eich developed JavaScript. The story of JavaScript is certainly one of the most chaotic. Very interesting story tho

    • fabian@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      Java is not very much older than Javascript and at the time it was far from the world’s first programming language. It probably was measured by hype in developer circles the Rust of the mid-nineties.