https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9098367
Eich> I joined Netscape on April 4, 1995, to "do Scheme in the browser". Immediately I was out of luck on several fronts:
Eich> [...]
Eich> If there was to be a "scripting language", it had to look like Java.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2786720
Eich> Remember, I was recruited to "do Scheme", which felt like bait and switch in light of the Java deal brewing by the time I joined Netscape.
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9098367
Eich> I joined Netscape on April 4, 1995, to "do Scheme in the browser". Immediately I was out of luck on several fronts:
Eich> [...]
Eich> If there was to be a "scripting language", it had to look like Java.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2786720
Eich> Remember, I was recruited to "do Scheme", which felt like bait and switch in light of the Java deal brewing by the time I joined Netscape.
reply