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Exactly 30 years ago today, Netscape and Sun announced JavaScript.

Originally called LiveScript, the language was renamed to JavaScript, ensuring that everyone in the industry would be thoroughly confused about its relation to Java for the next three decades.

A decision made by the marketing guys, of course, since Java was hot at the time and Sun was on board.

The original announcement: web.archive.org/web/2007091614…

#javascript #netscape #sunmicrosystems #java


For the last two years, we've been working on a new build tool for #Java, called #bld. It has now been added as one of the standard options to generate snippets in #Maven Central, the most popular repository of Java packages. Yay! 🥳

More information about bld: rife2.com/bld