It broke the conceptual model for programming, but allowed the web to take off in a way that it wouldn't have otherwise. We're dealing with the legacy of that d

It broke the conceptual model for programming, but allowed the web to take off in a way that it wouldn't have otherwise. We're dealing with the legacy of that decision. As someone who doesn't have to work on browser rendering engines, but did get into web development because of the super low barrier to entry in the 90s, I think it was the right call!