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Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript

From Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript
Date 2026-07-14 07:27 +0000
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On Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:59:35 +0300, Mikko wrote:

> On 14/07/2026 01:31, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:12:42 +0300, Mikko wrote:
>
>>> The subject line means that Javascript already existed 30 years
>>> ago. In some sense that is false: the Javascript that we know
>>> today is not the same as the Javascript 30 years ago.
>>
>> So when did today’s JavaScript come into being? How old would you
>> say it really was, if not 30 years?
>
> One can say that every time the standard is updated it creates a new
> lanugage. But often it is reasonable to say otherwise.

So how old is it really?

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30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-24 01:52 +0000
  Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-13 16:12 +0300
    Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-13 22:31 +0000
      Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-14 09:59 +0300
        Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-14 07:27 +0000
        Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-07-18 04:51 +0200
    Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2026-07-14 10:50 +0100
      Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-14 22:12 +0000
        Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2026-07-15 11:01 +0100
    Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-07-18 04:46 +0200
      Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-19 11:40 +0300
        Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-19 23:29 +0000
          Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-20 09:42 +0300
            Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-20 08:08 +0000
              Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-21 08:57 +0300
                Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-21 23:08 +0000
                Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-22 09:39 +0300
            Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-07-27 14:20 +0200
        Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-07-27 14:19 +0200
  Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2026-07-13 14:46 +0000

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