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React API reminds of Microsoft COM for JavaScript. It was called Component Object Model. It was hell to deal with when lasted.
by ssahoo 9y ago
React API reminds of Microsoft COM for JavaScript. It was called Component Object Model. It was hell to deal with when lasted.
- swalsh 9y agoI'm old enough to remember COM, besides the word component, what's the similarity?
- matthewmacleod 9y agoThere is… just no similarity whatsoever.
- seattle_spring 9y agoQuintessential "tech is so ageist!" comment. Well done.
- hardwaresofton 9y agoThe downvotes are unfortunate, since this is a reasonable sentiment, here's an article I read a while ago that presented this point in a more nuanced fashion: https://bitquabit.com/post/the-more-things-change/ https://bitquabit.com/post/the-more-things-change/
- acemarke 9y agoCOM and a Win32 WndProc function aren't very similar :) (And yes, that's a very good post.)
- hardwaresofton 9y agoAhh I thought they were the same -- admittedly I've never worked deeply with windows program (and do not plan to at any point in time), so I couldn't tell the difference