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D13Fd
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I'd give it a better name, which does not involve the word "java."
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creativeembassy
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And ECMAscript still sounds like a disease.
kzrdude
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let's just pick a letter and it's fine.
escript cscript mscript ascript
pteraspidomorph
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Let's face it, it would end up as "JScript". What we now know as "JScript" would probably become "MScript" or something.
FranchuFranchu
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Ecma balls
masswerk
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The original name was LiveScript…
ryall
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But it's such a great litmus test to instantly identify the people that don't know what the hell they're talking about ;)
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