>> The things in this list are clearly mistakes. They aren't optimised, evolved solutions. They've just stuck around due to network effects. Hello, JavaScript:

>> The things in this list are clearly mistakes. They aren't optimised, evolved solutions. They've just stuck around due to network effects. Hello, JavaScript: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat https://youtu.be/D5xh0ZIEUOE?si=HTWxo0rM7y26mlpC https://youtu.be/D5xh0ZIEUOE?si=HTWxo0rM7y26mlpC Why are we waiting so long for WASM to replace JavaScript? https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death... It's a similar story. Bad designs (perhaps they were reasonable given the circumstances?) that were set in stone due to network effects.