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Remove "misunderstood" link
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Fixes #3030
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chrisdavidmills authored Mar 11, 2021
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<p>Why a re-introduction? Because <a href="/en-US/docs/Glossary/JavaScript">JavaScript</a> is notorious for being <a href="http://crockford.com/javascript/javascript.html">the world's most misunderstood programming language</a>. It is often derided as being a toy, but beneath its layer of deceptive simplicity, powerful language features await. JavaScript is now used by an incredible number of high-profile applications, showing that deeper knowledge of this technology is an important skill for any web or mobile developer.</p>
<p>Why a re-introduction? Because <a href="/en-US/docs/Glossary/JavaScript">JavaScript</a> is notorious for being misunderstood. It is often derided as being a toy, but beneath its layer of deceptive simplicity, powerful language features await. JavaScript is now used by an incredible number of high-profile applications, showing that deeper knowledge of this technology is an important skill for any web or mobile developer.</p>

<p>It's useful to start with an overview of the language's history. JavaScript was created in 1995 by Brendan Eich while he was an engineer at Netscape. JavaScript was first released with Netscape 2 early in 1996. It was originally going to be called LiveScript, but it was renamed in an ill-fated marketing decision that attempted to capitalize on the popularity of Sun Microsystem's Java language — despite the two having very little in common. This has been a source of confusion ever since.</p>

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