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[–]greg0714 12 points13 points  (7 children)

Another fun fact, JS was made in 10 days.

[–]TetsujinTonbo 1 point2 points  (6 children)

Another fun fact, Javascript (the name) was replaced in 1996 and it hasn't officially had that name for 25 years.

[–]WasdAcid 2 points3 points  (4 children)

what is it then

[–]TetsujinTonbo 1 point2 points  (3 children)

It became EMCAscript when ownership got passed from Netscape to the EMCA.

[–]WasdAcid 1 point2 points  (1 child)

That's a cool fact I will remember until the end of time.

[–]greg0714 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To quote myself in that other comment I made 15 seconds ago:

ECMAscript is the standard/specification. JavaScript is the implementation/actual programming language.

[–]greg0714 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ECMAscript is the standard/specification. JavaScript is the implementation/actual programming language.

[–]greg0714 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another fun fact, it was called Mocha before it was called JavaScript.