Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript,comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: questions re Javascript Followup-To: comp.lang.javascript Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2015 09:35:26 +0200 Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Lines: 34 Message-ID: <1455138.2aFc8b5frt@PointedEars.de> References: <2b531f48-fff9-4c73-a116-22a3f110e919@googlegroups.com> <020920150828500988%timstreater@greenbee.net> Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn NNTP-Posting-Host: 178.197.226.36 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: solani.org 1441438737 7088 178.197.226.36 (5 Sep 2015 07:38:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.solani.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 07:38:57 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.14.2 X-User-ID: eJwNx8kBwzAMA7CVaIeUmnF07j9Cih/02LFymoxaLcJJL+awfwGL250UcmytZ9XI6Br8D4048puot66fPvsBeDkWng== Cancel-Lock: sha1:M544oKh0NlG1XMk4NVMkvFCpD1o= Mail-Copies-To: usenet@PointedEars.de Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:28639 comp.lang.java.programmer:32538 [F'up2 comp.lang.javascript] Arne Vajhøj wrote in and : > On 9/2/2015 7:20 AM, Stefan Ram wrote: >> The >> promise of its name is thus fulfilled. And both come from >> the same company that also owns the trademark for both names. > > No. > > SUN created Java. _Sun_ > NetScape created JavaScript. > > NetSCape got permission from SUN to use the Java prefix. _Netscape_ Speakers of German (and hopefully, in the future, speakers of English as well, as efforts at translation into English are underway) may want to read my 2012 thesis on the subject, and follow the references therein, to clarify some of their misconceptions. It is referred to from the ECMAScript [Support] Matrix (see signature), which since then serves as the proof of concept of the thesis. -- PointedEars FAQ: | SVN: Twitter: @PointedEars2 | ES Matrix: Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.