[dev] Re: [cvs] JavaScript

[Jon Parise]

On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 02:32:47PM -0600, Brent J. Nordquist wrote:

> > Settle on 'JavaScript' (its official name)
> 
> I was just ranting to someone about how much confusion that
> unfortunate name "JavaScript" causes, for people who don't know that
> it has nothing to do with Java.

Yeah, as I recall it was originally named 'LiveScript' by Netscape.
 
> Incidentally, I thought I saw someone use "ECMAScript" as a synonym
> once?
 
I've heard that before, too, but I can't remember what it stood for.

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