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The differences between the two languages are more prominent than their similarities. Java has [[static typing]], while JavaScript's typing is [[Dynamic typing|dynamic]]. Java is loaded from compiled bytecode, while JavaScript is loaded as human-readable source code. Java's objects are [[Class-based programming|class-based]], while JavaScript's are [[Prototype-based programming|prototype-based]]. Finally, Java did not support [[functional programming]] until Java 8, while JavaScript has done so from the beginning, being influenced by [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]].
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Starting in 2017, web browsers began supporting [[WebAssembly]], a technology standardized by the [[World Wide Web Consortium|W3C]]. The WebAssembly standard specifies a binary format, which can be produced by a compiler toolchain such as [[LLVM]], to execute in the browser at near native speed. WebAssembly allows programming languages such as C, C++, C# and Java to be used as well as JavaScript to author client-side code for the World Wide Web.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2017/11/06/edge-webassembly.aspx|title=Edge Browser Switches WebAssembly to 'On' -- Visual Studio Magazine|website=Visual Studio Magazine}}</ref>
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