Which programming language was originally named "Mocha"? (programming.dev)

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[-] Ategon@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

Option 4

JavaScript

[-] Ategon@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

Option 2

CoffeeScript

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Option 1

Java

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Option 3

Ruby

[-] Ategon@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Answer

The answer is JavaScript! Mocha was the original name, then livescript, and then javascript

The answer was guessed by a bit more than half of everyone who responded - 6/11

this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2023

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