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amyjess on June 9, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: LispyScript

Why did they name it that?

LiveScript was Netscape's original name for JavaScript, before Sun asked them to throw in some Java branding.

rane on June 10, 2015 [–]

  > Name
  >
  > LiveScript was one of the original names for JavaScript, so
  > it seemed fitting. It's an inside joke for those who know
  > JavaScript well.

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