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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:46:45 +0200
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Subject: Re: Parlance
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Christoph Michael Becker wrote:

> John Harris wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:45:01 +0200, Christoph Michael Becker
>> <cmbecker69@arcor.de> wrote:
>>> In fact, the abbreviation is confusing -- at least for beginners.  When
>>> I was new to the topic (what's not too long ago), I was not aware that
>>> the language and the browser API are not directly related.  Looking up
>>> normative information on the internet was nearly impossible to
>>> accomplish for me in these days.  Fortunately "he" (and Mark David) made
>>> me aware of this "detail".  Otherwise I might still wander around in the
>>> dark...
>> 
>> When you were in your state of not knowing, which would have helped
>> you more :
>> 
>>   Beware : "javascript" is a general name for a multitude of
>>   variants and implementations.
>> 
>> or
>> 
>>   There is no javascript.
>> 
>> The first is my preferred style of teaching. The second is Thomas's
>> parody of a music hall Herr Professor.
> 
> Well, I have to admit that the latter alone is quite confusing.
> However, Thomas' often points to the "ECMAScript Support Matrix" and its
> foreword explains the issue.

And the former one is simply wishful thinking by the inventor(s) of this 
misnomer.  I can understand, even appreciate, that many people want things 
to be (as) simple (as that), but some things are not (that) simple.  One 
must not fall into the trap of oversimplification – it leads to ignorance.

I probably have said this before: One should not call JScript etc. 
“javascript” for the same reason that one should not call a cat a “dog” 
(both are implementations of “domesticated animal equipped with a tail”).

Who prefers to call different things by the same name is not thinking 
clearly.

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