On 8/11/05 9:29 AM, "Andrew Dacey" <adacey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, in fact Netscape originally called it something else (Livescript
> if memory serves) but then changed the name to Javascript because Java
> was the hot new technology at that time. I think they may have changed
> some of the syntax a bit to make it more Java-like but I can't say for
> certain since I have only done minimal work with Javascript and
> haven't coded Java at all.
Just the opposite here. Java has supplanted C++ in just about every comp sci
course at my school (it's what the TA's know), and now they're requiring it
for the EE students as well. I can hold my own in either of those, but I've
never touched javascript, and really don't see a need to.
-mike
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