Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Do you think that the name Wasabi contributes to the outrage?

Coffeescript has a similar name to Javascript, so you can quickly draw an association between the two.

The name Wasabi doesn't have an obvious connection to the VBScript that it's based on, which seems to be the cause of people talking about writing a whole new language, etc.




We had a (re)naming competition for the language, and Wasabi came in second. The winner was actually Bone Crusher 3000. http://blog.fogcreek.com/the-origin-of-wasabi/

Thistle -> FogBasic -> BC3k -> Wasabi


See, right here you can see HN always picks the wrong things to be outraged about.


And now I'm upset you renamed it from Bone Crusher 3000. That's just an epic name!




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: