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I remember a time where javascript was somehow called "old" and obsolete and pretty anyone hated it.
by entropie 8y ago
I remember a time where javascript was somehow called "old" and obsolete and pretty anyone hated it.
- kllrnohj 8y agoJavaScript prior to ES6 was "old" and obsolete and hated. Building JS objects pre-classes is pretty terrible (to say nothing of the .bind(this) that is spammed everywhere without the => operator) JS has improved massively over the last few years, it's very nearly an entirely different language than what it used to be. There's a reason everyone was desperate to avoid writing JS not all that long ago be it the form of coffeescript, silverlight, flash, or GWT. ES5 JS sucks. Like... a lot.
- lgunsch 8y agoInteresting. I haven't touched, or even read, any JavaScript since well before ES6 arrived. I suppose I don't really know the language if it's changed so much (I've never even heard of JavaScript classes). I jumped on the JavaScript hater train and left the station.
- avarun 8y ago>I jumped on the JavaScript hater train and left the station. As does most of Hacker News with every technology they hate on.