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Javascript is not popular because it has Java in the name name...

• AnimalMuppet 6y ago
  But it was a big initial boost for it. "ECMAScript" didn't have the same marketability, and Java was being publicized and becoming popular, so they renamed it to JavaScript.
  • logicprog 6y ago
    I still maintain that ECMA sounds like an unpleasant skin disease. Not good marketing, that!
  • skybrian 6y ago
    That's wrong on the history. Netscape called the language "LiveScript" before changing it to "JavaScript". Then Microsoft called it "JScript." Then the "ECMAScript" name was chosen as a compromise. Using different names for the same language didn't change anything fundamental. It was built into the browser, so if you wanted to write code in the browser you didn't have a choice.
  • deleted 6y ago
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• zabzonk 6y ago
  Unless I have missed something, it is immensely popular.
  • tome 6y ago
    xixixao is making a statement about the reason for Javascript's popularity, not about its popularity itself.
• ipnon 6y ago
  It would be unreasonable to attribute none of JavaScript's popularity to its name. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2018731/why-is-javascript-called-javascript-since-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-java https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2018731/why-is-javascrip... Even JavaScript's first name Mocha is a reference to chocolate coffee and the Java language.
• justinmeiners 6y ago
  I think it's just popular because it's in the browser.