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by Alifatisk 1141 days ago
> JavaScript was treated as the sidekick to Java and still has that stigma.

Does it still have that stigma?!
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sneed_chucker 1141 days ago
I would say, only among complete beginners or non-technical people.

Personally, after 10 years of programming I have no more mental associations between "Java" and "JavaScript" than I do between "ham" and "hamster".

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