"Why is JavasScript named after Java?" and a whole lot of other things

Question

I just have no idea how the hell did they name an ECMAScript standard "JavaScript..."

Is Microsoft's JScript back in 2010 JavaScript? I mean, they share file extensions (.js) and all

When did programming languages learn to use curly brackets?

Why are comments usually marked with "/"?

Do you agree of the fact that VBScript is the Visual Basic version of JavaScript?

Can I use other programming languages such as C# in making a website besides using ASP.NET?

What is MSHTML?

Yeah. Those are the questions I want to ask

Answer 1

they changed livescript to JavaScript renamed after java was becoming trend in the programming world.

ECMAscript is a standardisation for JAVASCRIPT for changes and updation.