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Many people assume just because JavaScript has “Java” in its name that the two are somehow related. Although most programmers will roll their eyes at this confusion, the history of the two programming ...

There is a lot of noise around saying – uninstall or disable Java – as it is vulnerable. Studying the topic, I found almost all versions have gone through similar exploits in the past. Sun, and later, ...

Lots of developers are understandably concerned about Oracle’s recent lawsuit against Google, which alleges that the Dalvik virtual machine in the search giant’s Android smartphone OS violates Java ...

In the history of computing, 1995 was a crazy time. First Java appeared, then close on its heels came JavaScript. The names made them seem like conjoined twins newly detached, but they couldn’t be ...

There was a time when TheServerSide.com was a site primarily focused on Java development, and for those wishing to do .NET development, there was TheServerSide.net as well. But the server-side ...

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