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“Churn” is definitely an issue. And JavaScript does have its own complexities. It feels weird singling out Ruby and JavaScript (and any other individual technol
by ahuth 7y ago
“Churn” is definitely an issue. And JavaScript does have its own complexities. It feels weird singling out Ruby and JavaScript (and any other individual technologies), though.
I wonder if part of this is a human instinct to “other” people who are different. Someone feels superior because they use Lisp, and looks down on people using JavaScript. Or vice versa.
- Gibbon1 7y agoI think it's less about languages and tools than the culture around those languages and tools. I think it's centered around the the answer to the question: How many customers, developers are we willing to toss to make this change? For the ruthless and stodgy Microsoft the answer was zero. For Linux close to zero.