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coz its the best language for prototyping and learning

• supakeen 8y ago
  There are many languages that are very popular for prototyping and learning what makes JavaScript the best?
  • ilrwbwrkhv 8y ago
    for one its available in any browser console... there is no setup per se.
  • ilrwbwrkhv 8y ago
    also for better or for worse... the javascript ecosystem is amazingly wide... from brain as in this example to p5js for creative programming etc... i think we can agree that no other language and ecosystem has that much breadth and reach...
• king_magic 8y ago
  It really, really super isn’t. It’s a Frankenstein mashup of programming insanity that never should have come into being in the first place, much less become the de facto language of the web.
  • colordrops 8y ago
    Any particular reasons or is this just based on what you heard 10 years ago?
    • aaaaaaaaaab 8y ago
      From the top of my head: - `this` - the whole prototypal inheritance thing - class inheritance bolted on top of prototypal inheritance - arrow functions vs `function` functions
      • cwackerfuss 8y ago
        But none of that is going to affect our ability to do machine learning work with JavaScript
        • kkarakk 8y ago
          doesn't it affect complexity on an exponential scale though? codebases aren't paragons of perfection when even 2 devs are working on them
  • deleted 8y ago
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  • ilrwbwrkhv 8y ago
    it actually isnt a mashup... if u look at the data types... they are some of the simplest... the apis might be a bit weird... i agree
  • kukabynd 8y ago
    So, what language is not an insanity?