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		wwwigham on July 11, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ECMAScript 2017 Language Specification ES2017 is the conventional name now that there's annual publications of the spec. ES8 is someone reading the edition number on the document and trying to be terse. ECMA-262 is the formal name of the spec document, not the language the spec defines. All slightly different things, only one of which names the language itself, officially.

jl6 on July 11, 2017 | [–]

Which one is it that names the language officially?

JeremyBanks on July 11, 2017 | | [–]

ECMAScript 2017, that's the name given by the speciation document, which is itself known officially as ECMA-262 edition 8.

PrunJuice on July 11, 2017 | [–]

So which name is the correct one?

komali2 on July 11, 2017 | [–]

Ecmascript 2017.

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