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Let nobody ever again say, "we'll ship it now and fix it once it's in prod".
by endgame 6y ago
Let nobody ever again say, "we'll ship it now and fix it once it's in prod".
- jimbob45 6y agoIt’s not like Microsoft’s culture was any better. There are stories of engineers sleeping under their desks during the browser wars. It’s a testament to JS that most don’t even remember Microsoft’s answer to it (Hint: it starts with a ‘J’ and ends in “script”) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JScript https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JScript
- itslennysfault 6y agoDon't forget her ugly sister (Hint: it starts with a 'VB' and ends in "script") https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VBScript https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VBScript
- ComputerGuru 6y agoI’m not really sure what the point you’re trying to make with this is? JScript was just Microsoft’s implementation of the same spec, and was by and large interoperable with JavaScript in both directions.
- jimbob45 6y agoParent poster said it’s bad to ship early and buggy. However, Eich won out over MS doing exactly that.
- earthboundkid 6y agoExcept JavaScript is a wild success and basically all of its initial defects were eventually addressed in a backwards compatible way?
- austincheney 6y agoPart of what made JavaScript such a success is that there were somethings it got stunningly right despite all the thorns and sloppiness.
- dang 6y agoPlease don't post shallow/snarky one-liners as first comments to HN threads. Threads are super sensitive to initial conditions, so a blank thread is like a fragile ecosystem, and a comment like this is something of an oil spill.