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I believe ECMAScript is the specification of which JavaScript is an implementation.
It's not. ECMAScript is just an awkward name they used because people couldn't agree to use "JavaScript". They're really the same thing. Implementations of ECMAScript/JavaScript are things like V8 and Spidermonkey.
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I always have had problem with this definition... what do you mean by "implementation"? in my head "implementations" are "programs". Like... "C" is a specification, "gcc" is an implementation. "Python" is a specification, "CPython", "PyPy", ... are implementations. "ECMAScript" is a specification, "webkit", "spidermonkey", ... are implementations. "JavaScript" is a (trademarked) specification, and also "ECMAScript" a…
Flash's ActionScript was also ab implementation of ECMAScript IIRC
Call it WebScript or DOMScript or HTMLScript or MozillaScript or something. ECMAScript is absolutely the worse name for it.
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Can’t you just call it ECMAScript We're at about the right point in the timeline to start calling it YavaScript which both solves the trademark problem and keeps us on the path laid out in prophesy.
For the uninitiated: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...
jaja because we keep copying over node_modules
Since they trademarked Java makes sense to keep the JavaScript trademark. JavaScript was a terrible terrible name, but it is what it is... This is a non-problem for the world. I never heard of this being enforced in any way.
"LiveScript" was a great name, they never should have changed it.
Since they trademarked Java makes sense to keep the JavaScript trademark. JavaScript was a terrible terrible name, but it is what it is... This is a non-problem for the world. I never heard of this being enforced in any way.
Call it WebScript or DOMScript or HTMLScript or MozillaScript or something. ECMAScript is absolutely the worse name for it.
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Yet somehow people like this manage to employ and fund the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people, established an ecosystem of skilled engineers, and deliver products that run huge swathes of the economy. I’m no particular fan of Ellison, but I’ve worked for a billionaire when he made his money, Mo Ibrahim. Just the nicest guy. His technical smarts and business sense helped launch a key stage in my career and I’l…
My friend you need to get a grip. Mo Ibrahim employs people because he makes money off of them; not because he's a saint. Your phrasing makes it sound like Walmart employees should be licking the Walmart brothers boots for the opportunity to make them money. Billionaires become billionaires by setting up systems and collecting rent. That's it. Whether that's good or bad is a different topic.