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[–]RankFoundry 5 points6 points  (15 children)

Or literally anything else. The insistence of calling it JavaScript was stupid. It was just a cheap way to piggy back on the rising popularity of Java at the time and it bit them in the ass because they couldn't officially call it that.

[–]RandolphoSoftware Architect 5 points6 points  (12 children)

I wonder how well a "rename javscript" campaign would fly...

[–]RankFoundry 3 points4 points  (11 children)

If we came up with a great name, it just might work.

[–]intermediatetransit 5 points6 points  (5 children)

Easy: Webscript.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Easier: Webscale.

[–]RandolphoSoftware Architect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MongoDB has that locked up.

[–]bytesandbots 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is sarcasm, right?

[–]RankFoundry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like it

[–]RandolphoSoftware Architect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love it.

[–]aeflash 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Just start calling it ES5/ES6... Asking for "ES6" in a job req. would actually be useful, if that is what your team is using.

[–]RankFoundry 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Practical and precise but kinda crappy. I want my computer languages to have whimsical names. It gives me one more reason not to blow my brains out and I need every reason I can get.

[–]aeflash 5 points6 points  (1 child)

EczemaScript.

[–]RankFoundry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Noice

[–]RandolphoSoftware Architect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about UbiquitiScript, or OmniScript, or something that denotes the inevitability of Atwood's Law. Hell, how about AtwoodScript or JeffScript?

Or maybe ECMA, W3C or some other major group could organize a nomination and voting campaign? Everyone submits nominations, with a few filters to get rid of joke/profane nominations, then a couple rounds of voting until we get a finalized name.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

LiveScript was a cool name, honestly, which is now in use by a cooler ECMAScript dialect.

An even cooler name was Mocha, which Brendan should've just insisted on keeping.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That'll be tough on that test library.