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It must sometimes be demoralizing for a respected member of the programming community (Bob Nystrom - munificent) who worked on Dart at Google, most recently add
by labrador 4y ago
It must sometimes be demoralizing for a respected member of the programming community (Bob Nystrom - munificent) who worked on Dart at Google, most recently adding null safety, for people to constantly sh*t on Dart on Hacker News, especially since it's a really nice language that is going unappreciated
- ihateolives 4y agoI'm not shitting on Dart if that's what you mean, quite the opposite, I'm just sad that Dart is not getting same amount of push from Google as Go. I'm afraid that one day Dart may end up in already impressive Google Graveyard[0]. I very much prefer Dart to Go but I'm in the minority. [0] https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/
- labrador 4y agoSorry, I wasn't referring to you. When Dart came out in 2012 it was a big improvement on JavaScript, but some Google exec said the goal was to replace JavaScript, which was incorrect, so that community has been down on Dart ever since. It's kind of remarkable to me how sticky this Dart hate is even 10 years later. It's unreasonable, and like you, it makes me sad because working with the DOM in Dart is even nicer than jQuery to me.
- gompertz 4y agoHN shits on Dart and V extensively... And they are the only two languages I use daily. So even as a user it can be demoralizing!