ECMA V Java Scripting

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What is the difference between ECMA and Jva Script? They seem to be the same thing.

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Weird that, I just read about ECMA and as far as I know it is equiv to Javascript 1.1 (at present), it is essentially the same thing with a different name. In fact, if I am right the idea was that the name ECMAscript shpuld replace both JScript and JavaScript - but I may be wrong...
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