In 1995, a Netscape Employee Wrote a Hack in 10 Days That Now Runs the Internet
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30 year anniversary since the announcement of JavaScript https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46146406
It’s time to free JavaScript (2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46145365
Discussion over here as you mention: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46146406
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And now, 30 years later, Javascript is the programming language that does what Java set out to do.