For server side javascript the earliest vague reference I can think of is Steve Yegge, - &quot;The Next Big Language&quot; from 2007: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;steve-yegge.blogspot.com&#x2F;2007&#x2F;02&#x2F;next-big-language.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;steve-yegge.blogspot.com&#x2F;2007&#x2F;02&#x2F;next-big-language.ht...</a><p>You seriously mean something was brewing 4 years before that?