I kinda want Oracle to go further and insist that no-one can call it "JavaScript" any more. Let's all it "JS" and completely break from Java.

"What does JS stand for?" "It stands for itself."

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schwartzworld 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Reminds me of the urban legend that KFC couldn't legally call itself Kentucky Fried Chicken because they were using genetically modified hens that had no heads, hence the name change to just initials.

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ecshafer 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

php stands for php hyper processing. js could stand for js script.

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skylurk 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"What doesn't it stand for? It stands for commitment. It stands for audacity. It stands for courage in the face of..."

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Keyframe 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Let's all it "JS" and completely break from Java

or, you know, its alter ego ECMAScript? ES for short.

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lagniappe 5 days ago | parent [-]

Nobody likes that name, stop

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davey48016 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

I don't like it, but I dislike it less than I dislike the name JavaScript.

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ranguna 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I like it. Maybe some people don't like it.

	▲	lagniappe 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		I said stop

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hk1337 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"What does JS stand for?" "Because it can't sit down! rimshot"

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siva7 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What's the point? Move on to Typescript and just call it TS. I never got the hang out of why people tend to add "-script" to the the name of a programming language like it's 1995.

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throw567 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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