• brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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        5 months ago

        ECMA by Ecma?

        Ahh, needed Wiki:

        It acquired its current name in 1994, when the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) changed its name to reflect the organization’s global reach and activities. As a consequence, the name is no longer considered an acronym and no longer uses full capitalization.

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      5 months ago

      no, they’re completely unrelated, some devs liked the name java and put it into the name of the new language they were working on, nothing beyond that

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        5 months ago

        Yeah, for a short time there the word ‘java’ was very ‘in’. Marketing hipsters at the time wanted to use it in everything, just like the word ‘AI’ now.

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        No, I know that – I honestly want them both to die :p

        Both have been a blight on software development for decades.

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          I don’t have a problem with Java, and you can get Oracle free versions of Java.

          JavaScript on the other hand is a blight as you say.