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Do you think that the name Wasabi contributes to the outrage? Coffeescript has a similar name to Javascript, so you can quickly draw an association between the
by slantyyz 11y ago
Do you think that the name Wasabi contributes to the outrage?
Coffeescript has a similar name to Javascript, so you can quickly draw an association between the two.
The name Wasabi doesn't have an obvious connection to the VBScript that it's based on, which seems to be the cause of people talking about writing a whole new language, etc.
- krallja 11y agoWe had a (re)naming competition for the language, and Wasabi came in second. The winner was actually Bone Crusher 3000. http://blog.fogcreek.com/the-origin-of-wasabi/ http://blog.fogcreek.com/the-origin-of-wasabi/ Thistle -> FogBasic -> BC3k -> Wasabi