JavaScript
JavaScript is the programming language spread by web browsers. It started as a weekend hack and lots of us dismissed it as a toy, but the folks at Agoric are using it to build a secure distribute computing platform. js2rho aims to translate to Rholang.
The Jessie readme shows SES, the largest dialect of JavaScript that supports OCap Discipline, and Jessie, their recommended dialect for smart contracts:
- 2018-07: Agoric Releases SES: Secure JavaScript
- 2008: JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford covers best practices and leaves out much of the rest.
- 1995-12-04: Press release announcing JavaScript, "Netscape and Sun announce JavaScript", PR Newswire (source: wikipedia)