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No. From interviews with the people who created JavaScript what actually happened is they invented an awesome new language, and the boss had just signed a contract to integrate Java into Netscape.
That contract specifically banned Netscape from supporting anything other than Java... but the new language was so awesome they didn't want to kill it. The compromise was to call it "JavaScript" and insist it's not a new language, it's just a light weight version of Java. Even though clearly that was bullshit and they all knew it - they just didn't admit it publicly until decades later.
This makes so much sense! The other guy said they were planning an S-Expression language like Scheme... I think, had Netscape supported Scheme, the trajectory of the craft would change. At least we would not get so many 'durr parenthesis' memes. Just how hard is it to use [Neo]Vim when you're writing S-Expressions? it keeps highlighting the paranthesis and brackets balance as I write. What text editor do people who hate S-Expression LISP-like languages use, Emacs? Lol.
Emacs is written in lisp, so if people are going to die on the hill that they hate s expressions then I'm going to say no: they probably won't be using emacs