Not just Java, other languages (like python) were also released around/near 95, and also seemed to get to "mature" respect status. much quicker.
Java was first released in mid-1995, just 6 months before JS.
By 98, when I went to college, Java was already used for all the first level courses in the CS program.
How did it catch on so quickly (just 3 years) to shift university curriculum, which is usually so slow/behind?
Not just Java, other languages (like python) were also released around/near 95, and also seemed to get to "mature" respect status. much quicker.
it sure seems like the industry (and academics) just decided Java and C++ were the stable mature ones and langs like JS were toys.
Why wouldn't a university consider teaching JS alongside Java and C++ (and python), given they were all roughly the same age?
They're the "Java" and "C++" of today. They've been chosen.