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That's probably the right thing to do, but "Javascipt" was always a terrible name for it. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Java. It was just an early bit of
by jfengel 2y ago
That's probably the right thing to do, but "Javascipt" was always a terrible name for it. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Java. It was just an early bit of dotcom marketing. They had aspirations of getting the two to work together, but they gave up on that almost immediately.
For a while, Google would conflate Java and Javascript when searching. That was really aggravating.
"ECMAScript" isn't a great name, either, but it at least doesn't confuse people. Personally, I liked "Livescript" as a name.
- fragmede 2y agobrowserscript, since that's where it originated, even though it's outgrown that.
- yesguidance 2y agoLets just call it scriptscript and move on :)
- gedy 2y agoI misread that as "Superscript" and rather like it
- ldargin 2y agoHow about "JahScript" since it is the lord of the scripting languages?
- edflsafoiewq 2y agoI think this would violate the second commandment of the Decalogue.
- NWoodsman 2y agoIt needs to be WebScript of course!
- gmiller123456 2y agoYou don't have to look far to find one language naming itself to associate itself with another language it isn't really related to. E.g. C# has very little in common with C. But, ironically, it's popularity likely played a role in the naming of J#. Not to mention all the flavors of BASIC that resemble virtually nothing like the original.
- WorldMaker 2y ago"ES" seems to be the long term winning acronym ("ESM" for the module format, other things like that), so maybe something "backwards compatible" with that like "EverywhereScript" or "EternalScript"? (Harder to find "JS" compatibles, too. "JunkScript"? I know a lot of people wouldn't mind that one, but it does seem too mean.)