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Java and JavaScript aren’t related

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Despite sounding like closely linked siblings, these two languages operate in entirely different universes. The naming similarity was purely a desperate marketing ploy in the nineties, which successfully confused non-technical recruiters for decades to come.

Java and JavaScript aren’t related
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