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		bruce511 on Dec 26, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JavaScript for Impatient Programmers He may mean JavaScript not Java. I get a lot of we newbies asking referring to Java when they mean JavaScript. Especially when in the context of web development. For the parent: Java is completely different to JavaScript - the similarity is an accident of marketing and an original vision of the Web (in which most code was written in Java not JavaScript.)

DonHopkins on Dec 26, 2021 | [–]

Oh it wasn't an accident of marketing, it was meant to fool and confuse people on purpose. Mission Accomplished.

yummypaint on Dec 27, 2021 | [–]

This is a great example of the kinds of background info that become the price of impatience.

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