Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Java != JavaScript

A rather common misconception I've come across while working with techs is that Java-- the object oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems and presently maintained by Oracle, Inc-- is the same language as JavaScript-- the object oriented scripting language developed by Netscape, Inc. and maintained by the W3C.

This is an easily explainable misunderstanding due to both languages containing the moniker "Java" in their name, however, aside from the Object-Oriented nature of both languages, there are very few remaining similarities.

Needless to say, re-registering jscript.dll will not resolve Java issues, and reinstalling Java will not resolve JavaScript issues.

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