Sorry to be doubly redundant, but it is amazing how many people, including industry insiders, don’t understand the difference between Java and JavaScript. Here’s the low-down.

Java vs. JavaScript Wait, there is a huge difference between Java and JavaScript. Java is from Oracle while the latter JavaScript is from Netscape Inc.

JavaScript and Java scored high as both most liked and most disliked programming languages in JetBrains’ State of the Developer Ecosystem survey. Perl was far and away the most disliked language.

JetBrains asked developers to pick up to three languages they consider their primary programming language. In this context, JavaScript comes out on top (39%), followed Java (37%), and Python (31%).

On June 30, Netscape Vice President Marc Andreessen made it clear that development of “Javagator” — the company’s much-ballyhooed all-Java version of its flagship Web browse… ...