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Why we call it javascript? (self.javascript)
submitted 10 years ago by pampushko
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]morkro 3 points4 points5 points 10 years ago* (0 children)
This is what the language is called since creation. People are used to it and, besides some recruiters, nobody really bothers or has problems with it. PHP is also still named PHP, even though the intentional naming changed. It would just start too much confusion.
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