It’s weird that you are aware of this but still decided to prsent it as “hiring a dipshit to make a shitty java clone”. It pretty clearly says that Eich wasn’t the one that wanted to make it java-like.
I didn’t call it a “shitty java clone;” I called it a “shitty Java-coattail-riding monstrosity.” There’s a difference.
Specifically, I was referring to how the only reason it was created – the only reason using an existing language wasn’t good enough – was to capitalize on Java’s hype, not claiming that there was any sort of meaningful technical resemblance (because aside from both having vaguely Algol-style syntax, there isn’t).
It’s weird that you are aware of this but still decided to prsent it as “hiring a dipshit to make a shitty java clone”. It pretty clearly says that Eich wasn’t the one that wanted to make it java-like.
I didn’t call it a “shitty java clone;” I called it a “shitty Java-coattail-riding monstrosity.” There’s a difference.
Specifically, I was referring to how the only reason it was created – the only reason using an existing language wasn’t good enough – was to capitalize on Java’s hype, not claiming that there was any sort of meaningful technical resemblance (because aside from both having vaguely Algol-style syntax, there isn’t).