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Plus, I don't really see any reason to be impressed by "the founder also created JavaScript". That's just like saying "the founder is a famous fuck-up whose leg

Plus, I don't really see any reason to be impressed by "the founder also created JavaScript". That's just like saying "the founder is a famous fuck-up whose legacy has made you suffer".

chongli 9y ago
Read the history of JavaScript sometime. It's not his fault that the language has so many flaws. He had 10 days to create it [0]! If he'd been given a normal budget and schedule and free license to design the language, we might've had something more like Scheme [1]. [0] https://www.w3.org/community/webed/wiki/A_Short_History_of_JavaScript https://www.w3.org/community/webed/wiki/A_Short_History_of_J... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript
- Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
  I'm familiar with the history of JavaScript. I still blame Brendan for not speaking up about how stupid it was to design and ship a new programming language in 10 days. Then there's the homophobe thing. Then there's the replacing ads on websites with his own (since rolled back). Eich's name on your project is not something to be proud of. I give Brave some credit for at least being open source, compared to the likes of Vivaldi. At the same time, -1 to built-in integrations with proprietary password managers.
  - pacaro 9y ago
    Around the same time, I added a scripting language to a complex desktop app. My initial prototype just used SIOD [1], but my boss took one look at it and told me to think again, that our customers would never accept having to use a lisp to script the application. I ended up using the VARIANT type heavily (this was on win16), leaning on OLE automation, and building something with C syntax and modules. No first class functions, no prototype object model. :( [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIOD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIOD
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dang 9y ago
Please don't do this here. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14453783 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14453783 and marked it off-topic.

Plus, I don't really see any reason to be impressed by "the founder also created JavaScript". That's just like saying "the founder is a famous fuck-up whose legacy has made you suffer".

chongli 9y ago

Read the history of JavaScript sometime. It's not his fault that the language has so many flaws. He had 10 days to create it [0]! If he'd been given a normal budget and schedule and free license to design the language, we might've had something more like Scheme [1]. [0] https://www.w3.org/community/webed/wiki/A_Short_History_of_JavaScript https://www.w3.org/community/webed/wiki/A_Short_History_of_J... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript

Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
I'm familiar with the history of JavaScript. I still blame Brendan for not speaking up about how stupid it was to design and ship a new programming language in 10 days. Then there's the homophobe thing. Then there's the replacing ads on websites with his own (since rolled back). Eich's name on your project is not something to be proud of. I give Brave some credit for at least being open source, compared to the likes of Vivaldi. At the same time, -1 to built-in integrations with proprietary password managers.
- pacaro 9y ago
  Around the same time, I added a scripting language to a complex desktop app. My initial prototype just used SIOD [1], but my boss took one look at it and told me to think again, that our customers would never accept having to use a lisp to script the application. I ended up using the VARIANT type heavily (this was on win16), leaning on OLE automation, and building something with C syntax and modules. No first class functions, no prototype object model. :( [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIOD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIOD

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dang 9y ago

Please don't do this here. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14453783 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14453783 and marked it off-topic.