Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ben Bacarisse Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: Read binary file Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 11:33:39 +0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 35 Message-ID: <877fgs9kks.fsf@bsb.me.uk> References: <145821661.4prVZSFEgG@PointedEars.de> <2237637.9AE1fihV9u@PointedEars.de> <6005521.MME42bj82n@PointedEars.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="017616aa25f81ec581c44d76d61ba2f3"; logging-data="8629"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19qzkHe5D9LYmBVh4Jfk+dQVhqmzckR6jc=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:MCio8jYbaw5gaLhtOXsWODcxtd8= sha1:RhQ5ADVqi7qZUCnVtnhuG6dLuCU= X-BSB-Auth: 1.27af754581235fb2e6a8.20160324113339GMT.877fgs9kks.fsf@bsb.me.uk Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:30105 Herbert Kleebauer writes: > On 23.03.2016 17:27, John Harris wrote: > >> What do you think someone new to this Newsgroup will think when >> someone shouts "There is no javascript" at them with no further >> information? > > His problem is, that he is not able to express his opinion in > a few, short and understandable sentences. I'm still not sure > what's his problem with "javascript" so I stopped answering him. > > As I understand it: > > 1. There is JavaScript, a trademark of Oracle. Only Oracle defines > what JavaScript is an who gets a license to use the word JavaScript Somewhat ironically the trademark (both in the UK ad the US) is JAVASCRIPT. When you register a word mark (rather than a mark with a style or design element) it is registered in all caps. JavaScript is therefore covered, but so is javascript -- the name that does not denote a language. > 2. There is a ECMA-262 standard and a trademark ECMAScript owned by > Ecma International > > 3. And there is javascript, a name for a group of languages which > implements ECMA-262 or part of it or are just similar to > ECMA-262 or JavaScript. Technically a trademark owned by Oracle. This does not preclude the everyday use that is so troublesome to some. -- Ben.