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[–] ohshit604@lemmy.halstead.host 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

As a non-programmer, TIL Java and JavaScript are two different languages.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 days ago

Person1: I built a script in Java.

Person2: So Javascript?

Person 1: NO!

[–] Nowtayneicangetinto@thelemmy.club 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

When JS was being developed, Java was all the rage and it merely was riding it's coattails. At the time of its creation it was nothing like Java either.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

the only thing they have in common is how insufferable it is to develop with them.