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by esro360 4240 days ago
Does it show the confirm the fact that java was cool tech only in late 90ties ?
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This doesn't need to be confirmed: LiveScript was renamed JavaScript back in 1995 so it would be percepted as hot.

On a more universal level, it shows just how ridiculous most buzzwords are. As we laugh today about JavaScript and the Java Ring, we will laugh tomorrow about today's ubiquity of the "cloud."