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		yeukhon on Dec 22, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Vector - A High-Level Programming Languag... There seems to be trend of namning things with language as suffix. Like xx.js and xx.py or xx.go

theophrastus on Dec 22, 2013 [–]

there's a language named "js" or "py"? i'm only aware of languages named "javascript" or "python" ;)

gcr on Dec 22, 2013 | [–]

You knew what OP meant. ;)

The suffix is just meant to be unambiguous. Those familiar with the target language will understand what language the library is written for.

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