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::AWK's influence was stated by Eich as using the 8 letter word 'function' instead 'sub' like in Perl.
::I occasionally states in interviews that the 'onEVENT' callback naming syntax - like onMouseOver or onSubmit was inspired by HyperCard/HyperTalk, a hypertext system preceding HTML by many years. [[Special:Contributions/2A00:FBC:E1C4:5A7E:952E:5756:15EC:39D|2A00:FBC:E1C4:5A7E:952E:5756:15EC:39D]] ([[User talk:2A00:FBC:E1C4:5A7E:952E:5756:15EC:39D|talk]]) 16:32, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
:::I wasn't questioning the validity of the inclusion of AWK and HyperText, only commenting that they ought to be expanded on in the body of the article rather than relegated only to the infobox. [[User:Largoplazo|Largoplazo]] ([[User talk:Largoplazo|talk]]) 17:07, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
:"JavaScript borrows most of its syntax from Java, C, and C++, but it has also been influenced by Awk, '''Perl''', and Python."
: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Grammar_and_types#:~:text=JavaScript%20borrows%20most%20of%20its%20syntax%20from%20Java%2C%20C%2C%20and%20C%2B%2B%2C%20but%20it%20has%20also%20been%20influenced%20by%20Awk%2C%20Perl%2C%20and%20Python. [[Special:Contributions/2A00:FBC:E1C4:5A7E:952E:5756:15EC:39D|2A00:FBC:E1C4:5A7E:952E:5756:15EC:39D]] ([[User talk:2A00:FBC:E1C4:5A7E:952E:5756:15EC:39D|talk]]) 16:20, 29 March 2025 (UTC)