> Ha, well, not to get too defensive about my past defensiveness, this was at a time where the irrational hatred was constant and unrelenting. Some time after

> Ha, well, not to get too defensive about my past defensiveness, this was at a time where the irrational hatred was constant and unrelenting. Some time after the 'Javascript: The Good Parts' book, but before all the ES6 goodies. Yea, it's a crappy feedback loop, where unfairness on either side leads to people being even more strident in their position[1]. > He responded with a rant about how real programmers don't use javascript, and how it was written in ten days, and so on. Ugh yea, that's exactly the kind of person I'm talking about. I may be dismissive about JS as a language, but the idea that "real" devs don't use it is ridiculous. [1] though I admit I can't really relate to people taking their choice of programming language personally. To quote pg, "keep your identity small"