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What is the relationship b/w java and javascript?

7th Jan 2018, 3:59 AM
Dinesh Kumar
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Just that word "java" . Nothing else.
7th Jan 2018, 4:13 AM
Nikhil
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A marketing gimmick used by Netscape. They named it Javascript, as Java was the hot language then.
7th Jan 2018, 4:55 AM
Aatif Zaidi
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They are both object Oriented and umm.......
7th Jan 2018, 4:22 AM
᠌᠌Brains[Abidemi]
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This is like asking "What is the relationship b/w ham and hamster?" There are totally no relationship.
7th Jan 2018, 5:36 AM
Calviղ
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1. The rhyme in the name Java. 2. the principles of javascript when well understood will help in the understanding of java
15th Jul 2018, 4:47 PM
OLANIYI Babarinde Isola
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Java != javascript the first is OOP the other is a scripting language
18th Jul 2018, 10:52 AM
OLANIYI Babarinde Isola
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Thank you all
7th Jan 2018, 8:01 AM
Dinesh Kumar
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Nothing...they just happen to be named kind of the same thing No joke
7th Jan 2018, 4:27 AM
Someone Else
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They are completely different Java is more like c++ And JavaScript is more like python or ruby
7th Jan 2018, 4:27 AM
Someone Else
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Just compare their “Hello, World” programs JavaScript: console.log("Hello, World!”) Java: public class Main{ public static void main{ System.out.println("Hello, World!"); } }
7th Jan 2018, 5:03 AM
Someone Else
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