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Realistically, it's time for Microsoft to make some good karma, and give Javascript to the world. They should wrest this from Oracle. "Microsoft Edge: the bro
by chasil 2y ago
Realistically, it's time for Microsoft to make some good karma, and give Javascript to the world.
They should wrest this from Oracle.
"Microsoft Edge: the browser that gave you <script> as no one else could."
- WorldMaker 2y agoMicrosoft lost that fight so badly long ago against Sun that Internet Explorer and Windows documentation for like a decade referred to the language as "JScript" (and also tried to make VBScript a viable alternative partly to avoid even accidentally using Sun's trademark) to the bemusement of everyone. Interesting to wonder if the web would have been a little better if Microsoft had won that trademark battle at the time or if Sun had donated the trademark to ECMA so that official standards didn't have to be named EcmaScript.
- fennecbutt 2y agoTbh I think we should just universally be ditching js for ts. I use them both every day and while it's nice to have such a flexible scripting language the amount the bend over for backwards compatibility and the glacial pace and gatekeeping of ecma International. Because of this all of the numerous flaws of the original design have been clutched onto and rigorously defended by so many righteous believers.