This change was made because the advice was "out of date" and Google handles JavaScript fine.

JavaScript could be the most widely used programming language in the world, but for many developers, its modern version looks very different from what they first learned. With the advent of ECMAScript ...

Java and JavaScript are entirely different languages despite their similar names. Java is compiled and widely used for ...

There is a lot of noise around saying – uninstall or disable Java – as it is vulnerable. Studying the topic, I found almost all versions have gone through similar exploits in the past. Sun, and later, ...