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> Or it just happened to monopolise the browser at a time when the web was being invented, and has nothing to do with the features of the language But applets
by tempoponet 2y ago
> Or it just happened to monopolise the browser at a time when the web was being invented, and has nothing to do with the features of the language
But applets were doing a lot more in the 90's and Flash dominated into the 2010s. However you feel about JS today, it's difficult to say it was all "first-mover advantage".
- zelphirkalt 2y agoWas Flash ever really good for anything close to normal programming? And Java applets with their loading times and dependence on the visitor having Java installed ... nah, not really a competitor.