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Did you know? Brendan Eich designed JavaScript in 10 days in 1995 for Netscape. The original name was "LiveScript", renamed JavaScript for marketing — "Java" was extremely hot then. JavaScript and Java have almost nothing in common.

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Brendan Eich designed JavaScript in 10 days in 1995 for Netscape. The original name was "LiveScript", renamed JavaScript for marketing — "Java" was extremely hot then. JavaScript and Java have almost nothing in common.

Brendan Eich ontwierp JavaScript in 10 dagen in 1995 voor Netscape. De originele naam was "LiveScript", omgedoopt naar JavaScript voor marketing — "Java" was toen extreem hot. JavaScript en Java hebben vrijwel niets met elkaar gemeen.

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