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 -- Dr. Axel Rauschmayer a...@rauschma.de rauschma.de
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