Previous versions have been gigantic and have been released many years apart. Including year in the specification name signifies a change in the release process. Yearly releases The ECMAScript release process moves from monolithic releases to individual features. The language specification deals with abstract concepts such as ' ] internal slot' while JavaScript has a concrete getPrototypeOf method. JavaScript is an implementation of that language among JScript and ActionScript. ECMAScript is a specification of a language. Is it ECMAScript or JavaScript? In everyday life, you can use the terms ECMAScript and JavaScript interchangeably. Before deciding which name to use, let's inspect the release process a little closer. The specification mentions neither ES6 nor ES2015, though they are handy abbreviations. Officially, the name is 'ECMAScript 2015 Language' and it's the 6th Edition of the ECMA-262 standard. Which name is correct? What name should you use? Officially it's ECMAScript 2015 Language You see both ES6 and ES2015 names used for the version of JavaScript that introduces arrow functions, template strings, and Promises.

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