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I think applets gave Java a terrible black eye as a client-side because of how insecure Java in the browser turned out to be.

The market confusion I would blame on Netscape for choosing "Javascript" as the name for their scripting language.



Applets have nothing to do with Java desktop app development, and I don't think anyone has confused the relationship between Java and JavaScript in over a decade.

I don't believe you really have anything to contribute to this thread, and are just bouncing from one tangential reference to the next to feel insightful.


First, I'm sorry if I've offended you in some way. Your original answer to my comment was a very good one.

I have to respectfully disagree that nobody confuses Java and Javascript these days. There's an active thread on Quora about this very topic.




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