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what's with JavaScript community to make everything end in "js"? You don't see Ruby guys ending every one of their product names in "rb" or Python guys in "py".
by akakey 14y ago
what's with JavaScript community to make everything end in "js"? You don't see Ruby guys ending every one of their product names in "rb" or Python guys in "py".
- yen223 14y agoThe NumPy, Scrapy and SciPy folks may disagree :)
- milkshakes 14y agodon't forget the web.py folks!
- yen223 14y agoAnd the ultimate: PyPy!
- k__ 14y agobut the .net guise did such stuff
- pcote 14y agoSame reason there are still plenty of Java projects out there that stick a "J" in the start of the name.
- bazzargh 14y agoThe java equivalent was '4j'. It's mildly useful on a mixed community like HN, you've got some idea before you click through what the target developer audience is.
- bhauer 14y agoOr worse, some incredibly eyeroll-worthy pun about coffee.
- d0vs 14y agoMaybe to avoid name collisions?
- petercooper 14y agoJavaScript is rather long. This can be an issue with domain names, event names, Twitter handles, etc. "Ruby" is a lot more succinct which is why we tend to use it as-is.