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Since JavaScript is not derived from Java, why does it have "Java" in the name?
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JavaScript vs.The name JavaScript came from Netscape's support of Java applets within its browser. Many say it was also a marketing tactic to divert some attention from Java, which was the most buzzed-about language at the time. To run Java programs, the code must be first compiled into an executable form.
The LiveScript to JavaScript name change came because Netscape and Sun did a license agreement. The language was then submitted for standarization to the ECMA International Organization. By that time, Netscape didn't allow the use of the "JavaScript" name, so the standarized language is named ECMAScript.
Explanation: Javascript and Java has similar name because Javascripts syntax is loosely based on Java's syntax. Javascript is not the stripped down version of Java and Java and Javascript are originated from Island of Java also wrong. So, option (A) is correct.
Java is an OOP programming language while Java Script is an OOP scripting language. Java creates applications that run in a virtual machine or browser while JavaScript code is run on a browser only. Java code needs to be compiled while JavaScript code are all in text. They require different plug-ins.
From an interview made to its creator Brendan Eich:
InfoWorld: As I understand it, JavaScript started out as Mocha, then became LiveScript and then became JavaScript when Netscape and Sun got together. But it actually has nothing to do with Java or not much to do with it, correct?
Eich: That’s right. It was all within six months from May till December (1995) that it was Mocha and then LiveScript. And then in early December, Netscape and Sun did a license agreement and it became JavaScript. And the idea was to make it a complementary scripting language to go with Java, with the compiled language.
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