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Re:What people in tech had to say about JavaScript when it d... by svachalek on Monday February 24, 2020 @05:25PM (#22409088)
I think most of it was written for the Closure compiler (JS-to-JS), with some bits like chat windows in GWT (Java-to-JS).
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Re:What people in tech had to say about JavaScript when it d... by monocasa on Monday February 24, 2020 @05:29PM (#22409127)
I was under the impression that the closure compiler didn't exist in 2004, only GWT, and that it was rewritten to be almost all JS later.
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