JavaScriptTM should be freed from Oracle

Also uncovering GitHub's success, ES5's state, high-latency optimization, and building RAG agents with LLMs. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [SitePoint logo](~/AAAHUQA~/RgRozrdLP0UgYWE5ZTRmMWUwMjJlZWEzY2VmNWUyNzNkNmU0ZDcyY2ZEFGh0dHBzOi8vc2l0ZXBvbnQuY29tVwVzcGNldUIKZs9LMuxmRYp4SVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTFAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAGQd) September 19th, 2024 | [Read Online](~/AAAHUQA~/RgRozrdLP0TbaHR0cHM6Ly9iZXJyaW1hLmVvY2FtcGFpZ24xLmNvbS93ZWItdmVyc2lvbj9lcD0yJmxjPTg3MDdlZTg2LTUyZjAtMTFlZS1hZjUyLTRiNTM4MmJhM2I5NCZwPWRlYmQxOWNlLTc2NDYtMTFlZi1iZDBhLTg5Y2U0Y2UxMzk1ZCZwdD1jYW1wYWlnbiZ0PTE3MjY3NTU0MDMmcz1kMTJjM2FiZjY5NjRhNWE5OGVjMTYzYTk1M2E4ODYyYWExODIxYTNlOThjOGYxZTU4YTI5YzgwOWQyN2JlNWYzVwVzcGNldUIKZs9LMuxmRYp4SVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTFAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAGQd) SitePoint Source Welcome, Developers! 👋 The JavaScript we all know and use today is actually called ECMAScript, but Oracle, despite barely contributing to it, still holds rights to the name. 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