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If this is a problem, no one told Javascript

• marssaxman 4y ago
  It was a problem, but everyone was forced to put up with Javascript anyway, and here we are...
  • b33j0r 4y ago
    Not disagreeing but here’s another lens. Applies to TeX as well. “Java” in javascript kinda meant “modern computer programming” to the audience, in a very very inaccurate and zeitgeist-hype-train way. People who thought “oh yeah, I’ve heard of java, and scripting sounds easier than programming,” looked into it. ECMA wasn’t a thing yet, but it might have sounded like a skincare product to those same ears, or something that required college. The buzzwords worked.
    • dragonwriter 4y ago
      > ECMA wasn’t a thing yet ECMA is much older than JS. ECMAScript wasn’t a thing yet, I think you mean.
      • b33j0r 4y ago
        You are correct, my friend