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All good things start small and evolve. The C programming language was created over the weekend if I am not mistaken and look how much it stuck for better or wo
by _pdp_ 5y ago
All good things start small and evolve. The C programming language was created over the weekend if I am not mistaken and look how much it stuck for better or worse. JavaScript was also accidental. There was a time you could program web sites in VisualBasic, ActiveX, Java, Silverlight and Flash. They are now all gone. There is no denying that the JavaScript language is resilient. It stuck for better or worse.
Developers can choose to program in whichever language they want but only JavaScript is officially supported on the browser. Any other language will require a transpiler or compiler (when it comes to WASM). Similarly you can program iOS and Android apps in whichever language you like but only Objective-C/Swift and Java are officially supported. All other languages you need to support yourself. The official spoken language in UK is English whether you like it or not. You are free to speak any other language you want but social frameworks and civil services evolve around a single language.
If developers are so smart how come we cannot understand these basic principles?