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Brendan Eich

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Brendan Eich is an American computer programmer and technology executive. He created the JavaScript programming language and co-founded the Mozilla project, the Mozilla Foundation, and the Mozilla Corporation. He served as the Mozilla Corporation's chief technical officer before he was appointed chief executive officer, but resigned shortly after his appointment due to pressure over his opposition to same-sex marriage. He subsequently became the cofounder and CEO of Brave browser.

Across 1 conversation, Brendan Eich ranges across Brave, ECMA standards, JavaScript. JavaScript was developed in 10 days and has become the most popular programming language due to its simplicity and ubiquity. Mozilla emerged from Netscape's acquisition by AOL, leading to the creation of Firefox as an open-source project.

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The Design of the UNIX Operating System
by M. J. Bach
The Art of Computer Programming
by Donald Knuth
The JavaScript Programming Language
by David Flanagan
WebAssembly: The Definitive Guide
by Ben Smith

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Worse is Better
by Richard Gabriel

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Basic Attention Token
by Brendan Eich
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