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If "JavaScript" has nothing to do with "Java" then why it is called "JavaScript" ???

18th Feb 2017, 7:12 AM
Shashwat Prakash
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because they kind of share the same syntax so the person who created js named it that way
18th Feb 2017, 7:56 AM
David Sebastian Keshvi Illiakis
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yep years ago java is so popular.
22nd Feb 2017, 5:10 AM
Berlianto
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initially it's name was "Mosha". then changed to "Live Script". since when this technology introduced java was also very demanding.. so the creators finally named it "JavaScript" on the name of JAVA.. to become as famous as java was( Even it is).. and JavaScript is one of the most famous scripting language...
4th Mar 2017, 4:06 PM
Akansh Jha
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cheap publicity.. people know java. Javascript stands next to the popular kid and hopes to get noticed
18th Feb 2017, 10:05 AM
LordHill
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And they are different in syntax. ex: js: document.write("text") java: System.out.println("text") Note: Google it first before you ask it.
19th May 2017, 3:46 PM
Berlianto
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