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by daivd 4655 days ago
Dammit.. I checked to see that Glow was not taken :). Almost every name, that is not an outright racial slur is already used. Still, Java and Javascript are completely different languages and that has never lead to much confusion..
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  Still, Java and Javascript are completely different languages and that has never lead to much confusion..
Not within the tech world, sure, but ask say a recruiter and it's a coin toss.
When faced with a JS problem in a SPA - around 6 years ago - I had a representative from a client say me "wait, I will install the latest JAVA and see if that fixes it". He even chose the jdk to be safe.
You can always disambiguate. "Radioactive Glow" has a nice ring to it.