Some 40 years old guy on the bus talking with his younger colleague: "If you learn Java, you know Javascript. Javascript is just more compact Java."

@CowBroRises
The only retards that would say what he said are the retards who have never used javascript and/or java.

Seriously, what the fuck. They are nothing alike

@CowBroRises how is telling him wrong facts encouraging in any way?

Turn around and shoot him. Seriously, just blow his brains all over the bus then wipe them on his colleagues face.

How to detect other devs and probably superior devs 101:

Talk shit about java == JavaScript ore something like that and look for someone crying, vomiting or suicidal.

Not that I recommend doing that.

javascript == java
>true
javascript === java
>false

:')

Shit, i forgot the scenario where someone is armed and now has a good reason to kill.

It's just like if you know c you know C++

@jAsE PEN PINEAPPLE APPLE PEN

Java and JavaScript are nothing at all like each other. Having said that, if someone was especially adept at one they would pick the other up more quickly. I refer to these individuals as "programmers" usually.

found this on a Hadoop text

@jAsE
Pineapples smell
I prefer coconuts

@AbhiKabhi ooor "My safeword is pineapple juice" (look it up if you don't know what I'm talking about, search for Patty Mayo :) )

I don't know why everyone is bashing this.

I agree with the 40-year old guy because Java has more or less the same syntactic sugar as JavaScript and it's more strict.

If you come from a more difficult language, it will be easier to learn a new, more loose language.

It is easier to learn Java if you come from C, easier to learn C if you come from assembly, and so on.

I think that's what the 40-year guy was trying to convey, that you have learned all those basic concepts from Java (methods, data types, interfaces,..) and you come bring them to Javascript to deal with them in a similar way.

For example:

Objects in JavaScript: using protoype object constructor and prototype chaining, using closures.

Interfaces in JavaScript: ducktyping to imitate interfaces, etc.

I can just as easily write function doX() as I can write void doX(); or var i = 0; and int i = 0;

The constructs are familiar enough for the developer.

@Chetan1996 Most concise and awesome comment!

@CaptainRant thanxx bro

My friend who pretended to know stuff told another that Java and JavaScript is the same thing, it's just different marketing name, and that he can learn either one and it doesn't matter.

Friend was trying to learn web development.

@CaptainRant
So, so wrong.

@D3add3d Alright sir