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AJAX hype is like indoor plumbing hype. Everyone realized it was good, and now it's everywhere all the time, although only plumbers talk about it. I think you
by recursive 6y ago
AJAX hype is like indoor plumbing hype. Everyone realized it was good, and now it's everywhere all the time, although only plumbers talk about it.
I think your footnote [3] is a reference to an HN comment of mine. I think you should know I actually like typescript even though the "superset of JS" thing is a bit oversold.
- fizixer 6y agoThanks. For context, as somewhat of an outsider, I knew about Crockford 'JS: The Good Parts' and knew the community cared about working within the limits of a sane "subset" of JS. A few years later, I hear Typescript is everywhere and JS folks love it. I didn't pay attention to what it really claims to be, but made a connection with the Crockford book, and started mentioning in discussion with acquaintances that it's a subset of JS (it must be because that's what the community wanted). Lo and behold, one of them heard TS is a "superset", not a subset, and dissed me as a knowledgeable tech person, despite himself knowing so little that barely weeks ago he didn't know the difference between Java and Javascript. Sorry, I'm done with this mess.