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I find the dates a bit suspect (referenced ECMA script standard was June 1997, book was late 1996, so how did this all happen twenty years ago, just months foll
by jsjohnst 11y ago
I find the dates a bit suspect (referenced ECMA script standard was June 1997, book was late 1996, so how did this all happen twenty years ago, just months following the official release of JavaScript in May 95?), but guess that's not the point. Maybe I'm alone, but implausible details distract me from an otherwise great story that can teach a lesson many should learn.
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- theoh 11y agoHe says 18 years at one point in the article. Since it was almost certainly in England or Wales it shouldn't be too difficult to identify the company involved. Zeus, maybe?
- garethrees 11y agoFor "twenty years", read "once upon a time". I feel that a bit of vagueness in dates is appropriate for a story like this. I have no contemporary written documentation, so it's based on my fallible memory, and I don't want to give a false impression of accuracy.
- jsjohnst 11y agoYep, that's more or less what I did ("back in the mid to late 90s") to continue reading and not second guess it to much. Great story otherwise, thanks for sharing it!
- garethrees 11y agoI do take your point, and so I've rewritten the opening to be even vaguer.