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When I see the term "no self-respecting" developer, I know the article is going to be highly opinionated and complaint oriented with very little new information

• hsileng 10y ago
  While he has a point to a certain extent, it's also coming from a fairly purist POV. I respect that for diversity of opinion.
• harwoodr 10y ago
  Reminds me of the opinion unix purists held towards Linux in the 90s.
• bryanlarsen 10y ago
  To be fair, the OP is basically an intro to his post on how to "fix" javascript.[1] This post basically says we should create a new Javascript that is the same as the old Javascript without all the bad parts. Which throws away the two biggest strengths of Javascript: it works everywhere, and is compatible with tons of existing code. 1: https://medium.com/javascript-non-grata/javascript-the-next-generation-45b93f1db7fd#.s1rpntltj https://medium.com/javascript-non-grata/javascript-the-next-...
  • k__ 10y ago
    > create a new Javascript that is the same as the old JavaScript > without all the bad parts Google tried this with Dart and failed.