[Mono-list] OT: Re: Why Gnome prefer JavaScript?

[Ian Norton]

On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 04:18:16PM +0000, Jonathan Pryor wrote:
> On Feb 5, 2013, at 10:23 AM, Alberto León <leontiscar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > But, JavaScript was the reason to Oracle denounced Google.
> 
> No, Java as why Oracle sued Google. JavaScript is completely different. It's kinda/sorta/not-really like comparing C and Perl -- sure, they both use '{' for blocks, but other than that...completely different.

Anyone know why Java and Javascript share the "Java" bit?

Ian