From 3a54a04142b1afa554b2f1732b88372ef9938929 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vishal Srivastava Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:47:02 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Javascript's earlier names --- 1-js/01-getting-started/1-intro/article.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/1-js/01-getting-started/1-intro/article.md b/1-js/01-getting-started/1-intro/article.md index 2f4f518f3e..b4bc2bacca 100644 --- a/1-js/01-getting-started/1-intro/article.md +++ b/1-js/01-getting-started/1-intro/article.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Scripts are provided and executed as plain text. They don't need special prepara In this aspect, JavaScript is very different from another language called [Java](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language)). ```smart header="Why is it called JavaScript?" -When JavaScript was created, it initially had another name: "LiveScript". But Java was very popular at that time, so it was decided that positioning a new language as a "younger brother" of Java would help. +When JavaScript was created, it initially had another name: "Mocha", which was changed to "LiveScript" later. But Java was very popular at that time, so it was decided that positioning a new language as a "younger brother" of Java would help. But as it evolved, JavaScript became a fully independent language with its own specification called [ECMAScript](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript), and now it has no relation to Java at all. ```