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Why so Java and Javascript have similar name ?

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7th Aug 2020, 6:22 AM
Karan
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JavaScript was originally developed by Brendan Eich of Netscape under the name Mocha, which was later renamed to LiveScript, and finally to JavaScript. LiveScript was the official name for the language when it first shipped in beta releases of Netscape Navigator 2.0 in September 1995, but it was renamed JavaScript in a joint announcement with Sun Microsystems on December 4, 1995 when it was deployed in the Netscape browser version 2.0B3. The change of name from LiveScript to JavaScript roughly coincided with Netscape adding support for Java technology in its Netscape Navigator web browser. The final choice of name caused confusion, giving the impression that the language was a spin-off of the Java programming language, and the choice has been characterized by many as a marketing ploy by Netscape to give JavaScript the cachet of what was then the hot new web-programming language.
7th Aug 2020, 6:35 AM
Joobin Jacob ◆ ܝܘܼܒܝܼܢ ܝܹܩܲܒ ◆‎
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[continued due to.lack of spece.] It has also been claimed that the language's name is the result of a co-marketing deal between Netscape and Sun, in exchange for Netscape bundling Sun's Java runtime with their then-dominant browser.
7th Aug 2020, 6:38 AM
Joobin Jacob ◆ ܝܘܼܒܝܼܢ ܝܹܩܲܒ ◆‎