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EcmaScript is an awful name. It sounds too similar to eczema or ectoplasm. Ugly name.
by someguyiguess 11mo ago
EcmaScript is an awful name. It sounds too similar to eczema or ectoplasm. Ugly name.
- spider-mario 11mo agoObligatory: https://james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html https://james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-... > 1995 - Brendan Eich reads up on every mistake ever made in designing a programming language, invents a few more, and creates LiveScript. Later, in an effort to cash in on the popularity of Java the language is renamed JavaScript. Later still, in an effort to cash in on the popularity of skin diseases the language is renamed ECMAScript.
- eurekin 11mo agoThought I was the only one seeing the resemblance (also flegma)
- code_for_monkey 11mo agothe fact that it sounds bad out loud is its undoing
- newsoftheday 11mo agoAgreed. WebScript would be better.
- mr_toad 11mo agoThat’s always been my favorite proposal. WebScript is short and to the point.
- kstrauser 11mo agoNailed it. My brain always hears it as eczema script, which is never a good association.
- godshatter 11mo agoI don't know, I kind of like the name EctoScript. Although if it were me I'd just rename it WebScript and be done with it.
- truelson 11mo agoThe ectoplasm name makes me want to make a "Don't cross the fs.createWriteStream()s" joke.
- ranguna 11mo agoHow is ecma related with eczema, eczema has more syllables and it has a "z" in the middle that makes it completely different for crying out loud.