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If Oracle win we rename the language JS. JS stands for nothing.

• throwawayoldie 1y ago
  How about OS, where the "S" now stands for "sucks", and the meaning of the "O" is left as an exercise for the reader.
  • aleph_minus_one 1y ago
    This will cause confusion with OS for "Open Source".
    • throwawayoldie 1y ago
      Also "Operating System". This is a feature, not a bug.
• AlienRobot 1y ago
  No, we rename Javascript to Typelessscript.
  • pavlov 1y ago
    Typescript--
  • magicalhippo 1y ago
    .Net compiles to it's IL and who writes raw JavaScript these days anyway, so just call it JSIL.
• brian-armstrong 1y ago
  We can just start calling it by its full Christian name, Eczemascript
• deleted 1y ago
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• jm4 1y ago
  How about douche-named-Larry-script. Take a page out of Apple’s playbook when they used the code name Butthead Astronomer. https://www.engadget.com/2014-02-26-when-carl-sagan-sued-apple-twice.html https://www.engadget.com/2014-02-26-when-carl-sagan-sued-app...
• zakki 1y ago
  I guees we can use a name from island near Java. BaliScript, MaduraScript, KarimunScript and so on.
  • Timwi 1y ago
    Or JoeScript, substituting one slang term for “coffee” for another. TypeScript is now called DecafScript.
    • drooopy 1y ago
      DFCOCScript. "Dee-ef-coc-script" Damn fine cup of coffee Script Rolls off the tongue