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JavaScript, not to be confused with Java, was created in 10 days in May 1995 by Brendan Eich, then working at Netscape and now of Mozilla. (from http://www.w3.org/community/webed/wiki/A_Short_History_of_JavaScript)
http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/ajax-new-approach-web-applications
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/JavaScriptIsAssemblyLanguageForTheWebSematicMarkupIsDeadCleanVsMachinecodedHTML.aspx