what is original name for java script ???

Answer 1

@Emmanuel

From Wikipedia:

[ ... Although it was developed under the name Mocha, the language was officially called LiveScript when it first shipped in beta releases of Netscape Navigator 2.0 in September 1995, but it was renamed JavaScript[2] when it was deployed in the Netscape Navigator 2.0 beta 3 in December. ]

Answer 2

LiveScript was the first real name, but the original name is now Javascript, for marketing reasons and more...

Wikipedia contains more information anyway:

[ ...The final choice of name caused confusion, giving the impression that the language was a spin-off of the Java programming language, and the choice has been characterized by many as a marketing ploy by Netscape to give JavaScript the cachet of what was then the hot new web-programming language. It has also been claimed that the language's name is the result of a co-marketing deal between Netscape and Sun, in exchange for Netscape bundling Sun's Java runtime with their then-dominant browser. ]

Answer 3

@Maz Thanks, well I think it has gone through so much, but it's the best programming language

Answer 4

JavaScript, was initial called ECMAScript but because Java, became very popular and had a huge user base, they decided, to give it the name JavaScript, so they could get many users, so that's why you see modifications or different versions of EMCAScript, ES5 and ES6, which stands for EMCAScript 5 or 6....I hope this helps...

Answer 5

Short history of JavaScript

http://www.w3.org/community/webed/wiki/A_Short_History_of_JavaScript

Answer 6

Mocha