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[–] unwieldycat@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was initially called "LiveScript", but since Java applets were really popular at the time of its creation, they went with "JavaScript" instead to get attention.

[–] AtomicPurple@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I didn't know this, Livescript is a waaaayyyyy better name for it. One more reason to hate Java applets I guess

ActiveX >>> Java applets. This comment brought to you by the year 1997.