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The Evolution of JavaScript with Brendan Eich on the Hanselminutes Technology Podcast
1:23:45 - 1:30:26 (06:40)
Brendan Eich discusses how JavaScript has evolved from a language ignored by experts to a fast and important language for web apps.
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The Self programming language, created by David Ungar, used just-in-time compiling VMs and polymorphic inline caches to infer types and optimize machine code, making it faster than Smalltalk.
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The Self programming language, created by David Ungar, used just-in-time compiling VMs and polymorphic inline caches to infer types and optimize machine code, making it faster than Smalltalk.
ChapterThe Evolution of JavaScript with Brendan Eich on the Hanselminutes Technology Podcast
Episode#160 – Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave
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Brendan Eich, creator of JavaScript, discusses how the language evolved over time to become the fast and powerful tool it is today.
1:26:52 - 1:30:26 (03:34)
JavaScript
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Brendan Eich, creator of JavaScript, discusses how the language evolved over time to become the fast and powerful tool it is today. He also touches on its interoperability with Java and HTML5, and how listening to developers led to its success.