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Can we please call it NodeJS and stop calling it Node.js? It's not a .js file, and it's not written in JavaScript.
by dheera 5y ago
Can we please call it NodeJS and stop calling it Node.js? It's not a .js file, and it's not written in JavaScript.
- emteycz 5y agoNames don't have any such requirements - but we should use them correctly. You don't rename Windows even though it's not a hole in the wall stuffed with glass.
- dheera 5y agoIt's just irksome. I don't think Windows is a good analogy. More like if I called the OS "Windows.jpg". If you're going to use something that looks like a filename as a product name, then make sure that file actually exists and is in the expected format. D3.js --> good Angular.js --> good Node.js --> bad python3.py --> bad Windows.jpg --> bad Windows.exe --> okay (I don't use windows but I assume there's something of the sort)
- emteycz 5y agoI agree it's not a great name - but IMHO using names incorrectly is even worse than bad naming.
- codingdave 5y agoIf you are going to get this pedantic, then why not also include *.com as bad, because that was a file type in DOS.
- throwawaycuriou 5y agoJavaScript is not a scripting language for Java.
- tasogare 5y agoMy personal pet peeve is golang. No language is named like that. The language name is Go. Calling it golang because of the domain name of the project is like saying typescriptlang instead of Typescript.