How do you guys explain to people that Javascript != Java without raging?

I don't engage people who are too stupid to grasp the concept in conversation

Use sports, american football vs european football :p

Or a house window vs windows os.

Same name but very much different

@philcr Arrogant. Why should e.g. a non technical person know about the difference?

@OP
Depends on the context really. Explain calmy that those are different languages, if it comes in a normal conversation.

@Makenshi not arrogant at all, in my circles of friends I have people that I can talk Dev with and people who couldn't give two shits. Therefore I wouldn't engage some who doesn't grasp (out of choice or otherwise) the concepts in a conversation about it. Just like I wouldn't post asking on Dev rant for help adjusting tappet clearances on my classic mini.

@Makenshi well I ment it more like explaining it to someone that's already a developer. Sorry I didn't state that.

Carpenter != Car
Ham != Hamster

You tell them that javascript !== java

@Voxera American football and European football in my mind is a comparison that defies logic. Java is Football. A game where you kick a ball with your foot. Then there is JavaScript. You call it football, but it's not a ball and you throw it with your hands.

My mind is melting everytime there is comparison around football and American rugby. And I am sorry to all the rugby fans.

And my mind also melts when I hear Java === JavaScript. It's tricky because there is so much common general syntax.

I usually handle the situation by telling the story about the birth of JavaScript. How at the time Java was all the rage and a guy from Java team desided to make his own thing and ride on the Javas publicity. And so began the JS framework wars.

@norman70688 American football is rugby with more padding (rugby is more violent) and rules. What I am trying to say that OPs comparison of Football to American Football is a perfect way to describe the deep gap of ideology between Java and JS

@xios I would disagree with rugby being more violent. Some of the tackles in American football look pretty fucking violent. But I suspect this is they over compensate for the padding

I tell them the one makes sense, the other doesn't

Popcorn is not corn. On second though, it is: fuck.

Just ask them to use swing or javafx in a javascript project