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The use of the word 'modern' is inappropriate in these sorts of articles. > It's a modern replacement for languages like C++ or C with a focus on code safety a
by cosmotic 5y ago
The use of the word 'modern' is inappropriate in these sorts of articles.
> It's a modern replacement for languages like C++ or C with a focus on code safety and concise syntax.
Instead: "It's a replacement..."
> Babel: developers wanted to write modern JavaScript while supporting older browsers.
Instead: "developers want to write with new versions of Javascript..."
> Deno, created in 2018, is a simple, modern, and secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript that uses V8 and is built with Rust.
Instead: "Deno, created in 2018, is a runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript that uses V8 and is built with Rust, with a focus on Security."
> WebAssembly (WASM) is a portable low-level language that Rust can compile to. It runs in the browser, is interoperable with JavaScript, and is supported in all major modern browsers.
Instead: "all major browsers."
- lifthrasiir 5y agoIt's futile, from the history we can expect that the next major generation of browsers would be called postmodern browsers, and next one would be post-postmodern browsers.
- bqmjjx0kac 5y agoI only use Pre-Raphaelite browsers.
- VWWHFSfQ 5y agonow this is the kind of pedantry i come to hn for