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Love it, allows to explore the relations between language in a different way. I wonder why ECMAScript and JavaScript are different? Isn't it a different name f

by reirob 13y ago

Love it, allows to explore the relations between language in a different way. I wonder why ECMAScript and JavaScript are different? Isn't it a different name for the same programming language?

yaph 13y ago
JavaScript is an implementation of the standardized ECMAScript language, so technically it is not the same. Freebase lists JavaScript as a dialect of ECMAScript and draws no influence relation between the two, you can see the data for ECMAScript here http://www.freebase.com/m/019syg http://www.freebase.com/m/019syg
- suyash 13y ago
  Then why isn't JavaScript attributed under "Languages Influenced" for ECMAScript. Seems wrong to me. http://exploringdata.github.io/vis/programming-languages-influence-network/#ECMAScript http://exploringdata.github.io/vis/programming-languages-inf...
  - yaph 13y ago
    Yes, JScript is listed both as a dialect and an influenced language, so this should apply for JavaScript and other languages too.