JavaScript was originally called LiveScript, and was developed under the codename Mocha.
Try to call JavaScript something else is probably too late.
EcmaScript, ActionScript, ExtendScript, LiveScript, Mocha... alas, that ship has sailed.
We can only blame marketing folks for the rebranding, and trying to ride the coattails of Java's popularity at that time.
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JavaScript was originally called LiveScript, and was developed under the codename Mocha.
Try to call JavaScript something else is probably too late.
EcmaScript, ActionScript, ExtendScript, LiveScript, Mocha... alas, that ship has sailed.
We can only blame marketing folks for the rebranding, and trying to ride the coattails of Java's popularity at that time.