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Why not “JS”? Then we can all take sides in a religious war on whether it’s pronounced jay-ess, jayce, juss, or jess?
by riazrizvi 1y ago
Why not “JS”? Then we can all take sides in a religious war on whether it’s pronounced jay-ess, jayce, juss, or jess?
- hnlmorg 1y agoJS would be hard to trademark now because there’s so many other services using JS as part of their trademark. There’s also already quite a few companies who’ve already registered JS as a trademark. You also couldn’t call it Jscript because Microsoft owns the trademark there. EMCAScript is the most practical from a legal standpoint, but that name sucks badly.
- moralestapia 1y agoYeah, but that's what is needed. An un-trademark-eable term.
- hnlmorg 1y agoWhat you need is the opposite: a trademarked name but one where a community-managed nonprofit foundation owns. That’s how other languages (eg Perl and Python) manage their assets. And the ecosystem is better for it.
- moralestapia 1y ago>Perl >Python >And the ecosystem is better for it. AHAHAHAHAHH
- hnlmorg 1y agoI take it form your reply that you either misunderstood my comment or you think the constant threat of litigation from Oracle is a good thing. Either way, you come off as incredibly naïve.
- FearNotDaniel 1y agoIt’s pronounced gay-ess. Just like GIF.
- junga 1y agoSorry, this seriously is an honest question: Is there a typo in your post? Otherwise I must come to the conclusion that you suggest pronouncing JS as 'jiss'.
- fair_enough 1y agoCan't we all get along? "jizz" and "gay-ass" are both perfectly good.