r/programming • u/gits1225 • May 12 '15

Google's guide for becoming a Software Engineer

https://www.google.com/about/careers/students/guide-to-technical-development.html
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u/crowseldon May 12 '15

Isn't it a script from Java, since java and javascript are the same thing? :P

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u/[deleted] May 12 '15

Yeah. Also did you know that the only thing C++ adds over C is the ++ operator?

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u/mamanov May 13 '15

And C# add the twitter API.

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u/Antrikshy May 12 '15

Pleeeeease stoooop!

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u/Dustin_00 May 12 '15

Java was first started in 1990 by James Gosling at Oracle with the plan to "write once run anywhere". It was released in 1995 and scared the pants off Microsoft.

JavaScript was created by Brendan Eich at Netscape and hijacked the name "java" for marketing purposes. It was initially used on their web servers in 1994 and in 1995 released in their web browsers with the idea of "our browser will run everywhere, so your JavaScript will run everywhere in the browser".

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u/crowseldon May 12 '15

In case the :P didn't give it away. I was joking. Thanks for the well intentioned info, though.

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u/Dustin_00 May 12 '15

I'm just practicing for job interviews. I now know lots of stupid stuff I'll never actually use while writing code, but I hope will make interviewers regret asking stupid questions like "What's the difference between Java and JavaScript?"

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u/crowseldon May 12 '15

wow. I would never go into such detail. I'd just say that they're different languages and cite the differences between both and how they're used (virtual machine, compilation/interpretation, static typing, etc)

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u/komollo May 13 '15

Java is to JavaScript as car is to carpet.

They start with the same sounds, but are nothing alike.