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Someone should make a FAQ for this. It comes up every 2 months. One important point I remember is that it would have been Python without the standard library.
by gcp 15y ago
Someone should make a FAQ for this. It comes up every 2 months.
One important point I remember is that it would have been Python without the standard library. Which isn't anything special, really. We call it CoffeeScript nowadays.
- gioele 15y agoJavascript without its standard library (string manipulation, alert(), DOM functions) would not be all that useful as well.
- gcp 15y agoThe Javascript standard library is tiny compared to the one of Python. This is very relevant when people say they prefer Python. They don't use Python with the Javascript standard library.
- willvarfar 15y ago(Blog author) It was very much the core language and most central of modules that I meant; I've blogged on this before to explain my position http://williamedwardscoder.tumblr.com/post/18319031919/programming-language-readability http://williamedwardscoder.tumblr.com/post/18319031919/progr...