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> people are trying to replicate stuff that works fine in other languages in JavaScript. Mostly because they are only familiar with JavaScript and don't realize
by davnicwil 7y ago
> people are trying to replicate stuff that works fine in other languages in JavaScript. Mostly because they are only familiar with JavaScript and don't realize this stuff already exists and doesn't need to be in JavaScript.
Do you have a concrete example to illustate this, and what issues it causes?
On the surface I'm not sure I agree, if what you're saying is people wanting a certain feature should switch languages to get it rather than build it into the language they already use.
- 0x445442 7y agoWhat new problem was Nodejs trying to solve and why does it exist?
- davnicwil 7y agoWell, indeed, Node is a good example of the point I'm making - it provided a full environment for writing programs in JS outside the browser. There were a plethora of other languages/runtimes available for writing such programs, but Node made this available to people who already knew & liked using JS without having to switch to and/or learn a new language.