JavaScript 2015?

[Angel Java Lopez]

"The new JavaScript: ECMAScript 6"?

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 6:14 PM, Juriy Zaytsev <kangax at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think JavaScript 6 will only make things more confusing (remember
> JavaScript 1.7, 1.8, etc. in Mozilla?).
>
> More and more people learn what ECMAScript is. ES6 / ECMAScript 6 seems
> the most appropriate (and least surprising) name.
>
> --
> kangax
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 10:07 PM, Axel Rauschmayer <axel at rauschma.de>
> wrote:
>
>> I’m in the process of coming up with a good title for a book on
>> ECMAScript 6. That begs the question: What is the best way to refer to
>> ECMAScript 6?
>>
>> 1. The obvious choices: ECMAScript 6 or ES6.
>> 2. Suggested by Allen [1]: JavaScript 2015.
>>
>> The advantage of #2 is that many people don’t know what ECMAScript 6 is.
>> However, I’m worried that a book that has “2015” in its title will appear
>> old in 2016. And the year scheme completely breaks with current tradition.
>> I see two possibilities:
>>
>> * If there is a concerted effort to establish “JavaScript 2015” then I
>> would support that and name my book accordingly.
>> * Otherwise, JavaScript 6 is interesting: People who are aware of
>> ECMAScript 6 will recognize it, but it will also mean something to people
>> who don’t know what ECMAScript is. Is 2015, 2016, … really that much better
>> than 6, 7, 8, … ? Would skipped years pose a problem for the former naming
>> scheme?
>>
>> Axel
>>
>> [1] https://twitter.com/awbjs/status/558316031039381504
>>
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>> Dr. Axel Rauschmayer
>> axel at rauschma.de
>> rauschma.de
>>
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