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We can also call it ECMAScript. I always try to refer to it as ES instead of JS in professional coding context.
by zenmac 1y ago
We can also call it ECMAScript. I always try to refer to it as ES instead of JS in professional coding context.
- paxys 1y agoIf there's a name even stupider than JavaScript it's ECMAScript.
- thw_9a83c 1y agoApparently people don't like the name "ECMA" because it's too close to "Eczema" which is a nasty dry/itchy skin problem. And I agree, because I have it too.
- hnlmorg 1y agoIronically EczemaScript is still a better name than ECMAScript.
- marcosdumay 1y agoIt looks too much like "Acme" so it gets confused as a joke about cartoons. It looks too much like "acne", that is a too common skin problem, and it looks too much like "eczema" that is a rarer nasty-looking skin problem. Whoever created that name should get a prize. Anyway, the community not adopting that brand doesn't mean one can't rebrand JS.
- wiseowise 1y ago> And I agree, because I have it too. Eczema or ECMaScript?
- speedgoose 1y agoWhy not HPVscript?
- martin8412 1y agoCancerScript perhaps?
- FinnKuhn 1y agoI would like to be able to pronounce the name in a sensible quick fashion based on how it is written. ;) For "WebScript" that works. Even just "JS" works. For "ECMAScript" not so much.
- zenmac 1y agoES would be fine. I guess it would conflict with with Spanish domains. But I'm sure we can just continue using .js in the files names... What is the Oracle gonna do? Sue every body who uses .js in the filename?