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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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J.R. wrote:

> On 03/03/2013 16:35, Christoph Becker wrote:
>> Evertjan. wrote:
>>>> Brendan Eich, the creator of JavaScript,
>>> According to sources on this NG,
>>> he cannot have created that
>>> that as it did and does not exist.
>>
>> You're probably referring to Thomas Lahn as these sources, but he'd
>> never said, that JavaScript doesn't exist, but that there is neither
>> javascript nor Javascript.  Note the capitalization.
>>
>> As ECMAScript is a case-sensitive language, and `JavaScript' and
>> `javascript' designate different identifiers, one can easily agree with
>> Thomas.  OTOH it's contradictory to read in this NG's FAQ:
>>
>> | The term "javascript" is used as a common name for all dialects of
>> | ECMAScript.[1][2]
>>
>> [1] <http://jibbering.com/faq/#ecma>
>> [2] <http://pointedears.de/scripts/faq/cljs/#ecma>
> 
> The JavaScript history is briefly described in the ECMA-262 3rd (1999)
> and 5.1 (June 2011) editions of the ECMAScript Language Specification.

And if you read more carefully, you will also observe the word “JScript” 
there.

> The JavaScript language was *invented by Brendan Eich* in a hurry […]

Tell news.

> Considering the facts above and that the name of this ng is precisely
> comp.lang.javascript, I wonder why some regulars in here try to impose
> their thinking that there is neither "JavaScript" nor "javascript". Sigh.

Nobody thinks or tries to impose on others to think that there is no 
JavaScript.  You are still missing the point.
 
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