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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by rjsw on Monday September 12, 2016 @07:42AM (#12478844)
Java could have been made to have good DOM bindings, I don't remember anyone asking for them.
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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by goatlover on Monday September 12, 2016 @12:25PM (#12481056)
Sun wanted Netscape to put Java in the browser, but Netscape was already planning on making their own scripting language. Had Sun convinced Netscape otherwise, Java would have had good DOM bindings.
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