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Re:Netscape and Sun Announce JavaScript (1995) by rbg246 on Friday December 04, 2020 @08:02AM (#25301779)
Think it was this (I am sure someone here will know better):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhino_(JavaScript_engine)

Albeit it was two years after the announcement.

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Re:Netscape and Sun Announce JavaScript (1995) by philo23 on Friday December 04, 2020 @08:09AM (#25301838)
Yeah, I remember people talking about Rhino when node.js originally came out, saying things like it's been tried before and wouldn't catch on.
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Re:Netscape and Sun Announce JavaScript (1995) by rbg246 on Saturday December 05, 2020 @02:52AM (#25312710)
Yes I heard the exact same.
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