>>> "beget" sounds very much like what we want, but I just wanted to raise a
>>> point about understanding and adoption, especially for the language of
>>> the web.
>>
>> I wouldn’t worry, all of a programming language is new vocabulary, anyway.
>> You always have to learn semantics, so learning a new word (especially one
>> that increases your English vocabulary) shouldn’t be a problem.
>
> If this logic is correct then we shouldn't be worrying about the word choice
> at all. We can just make up a word. I propose "wrfs" as a suitably short
> and meaningless word that isn't biased in favor of English speakers.
I like brck better. ;-)
I should clarify – what I actually meant is: You can’t worry about *all*
non-native speakers ("super" and "sub" must be challenging to someone whose
language has not been influenced by Latin, etc.). I’ve heard about beget
(“violence only begets violence”, IIRC) and it’s a combination of two easy
words, so it shouldn’t be too hard to learn. I think it’s too late to remove
the English bias from JavaScript (kudos to Oracle for trying – they call their
JavaScript engine Nashorn).
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Dr. Axel Rauschmayer
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