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		ben336 on Aug 21, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rise and fall of JVM languages Java and JavaScript are not directly related. JavaScript added Java to the name for marketing purposes. JavaScript doesn't run on the JVM like the rest of these languages

tannhaeuser on Aug 21, 2017 [–]

I'm well aware what Java is, given I'm developing for it (and other things) since 1997 ;)

But my original comment was meant seriously, rather than cheap trolling. Unlike Groovy, JavaScript has excellent portability and a perspective to migrate code away from Java/JVM.

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