In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

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JavaScript was created 30 years ago by Netscape Communications and Sun Microsystems.
Brendan Eich developed the initial prototype in just 10 days in May 1995.
JavaScript is now used on 98.9% of websites with client-side code.
The language was designed to be lightweight and appeal to non-professional programmers.
JavaScript's syntax was influenced by Java, Scheme, and Self.
Despite initial endorsements from 28 tech companies, many of them no longer exist.
The rushed development led to quirks and inconsistencies still present today.

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