[BrendanEich]

We didn't acknowledge a debt to Oberon (did Java? It owes one too, Bill Joy evaluated Oberon closely).

My pal Michael Franz at UCI studied under Wirth. Michael and a PhD student, Chris Storck, did an AST encoder years back that influenced me and that I referenced re: wasm.

Oberon's great. JS was in the right place and right time. What can I say? I've been taking all the best ideas from the best projects and trying to get them incorporated, ever since 1995.

[gecko]

Sorry, just to be clear, I don't see anything wrong at all with raiding the best ideas from older languages. It's actually awesome: it means those ideas get used. I'm genuinely just amused at the cycle.