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Quick note that JavaScript was written in ten days by Brendan Eich. Ken Thompson built Unix over a 30 day period. Youth - go forth and build us something cool

by vessenes 11mo ago

Quick note that JavaScript was written in ten days by Brendan Eich. Ken Thompson built Unix over a 30 day period. Youth - go forth and build us something cool! It might work out.

emorning4 11mo ago
You can tell
- vessenes 11mo ago
  For sure. And, to quote the Systems Bible: Any complex working system is only the result of the growth of a simple working system. It works. It worked then, and it works now. That doesn’t mean we have to like it. Replacing it is likely impossible.
- dugmartin 11mo ago
  Remember the old Bjarne Stroustrup quote: "There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses."
- hoherd 11mo ago
  Exactly. https://live.staticflickr.com/4066/4704268314_78149c3afc_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/4066/4704268314_78149c3afc_k.j...
  - BrendanEich 11mo ago
    One book covers the DOM and browser APIs, one does not.
majorchord 11mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich > He served as the Mozilla Corporation's chief technical officer before he was appointed chief executive officer, but resigned shortly after his appointment due to pressure over his opposition to same-sex marriage. He subsequently became the cofounder and CEO of Brave Software.
- OhMeadhbh 11mo ago
  FWIW... I worked with Brendan @ Mozilla for over a year. Dude expressed zero problems with my queer lifestyle that I didn't hide. I think the problem people had with Brendan was not his opposition for same-sex marriage, but his support for an organization that opposed same-sex marriage. It's a subtle distinction, but one worth making. People are complex.
  - 12_throw_away 11mo ago
    Sorry, what is the distinction? Being nice to people you know in person but trying to take rights away from the much larger group of people you don't know in person seems, well, worse?
  - GuinansEyebrows 11mo ago
    the distinction is between practicing interpersonal bigotry and supporting institutional bigotry. don't be fooled by a warm handshake and a nice smile.

Quick note that JavaScript was written in ten days by Brendan Eich. Ken Thompson built Unix over a 30 day period. Youth - go forth and build us something cool! It might work out.

emorning4 11mo ago

You can tell

vessenes 11mo ago
For sure. And, to quote the Systems Bible: Any complex working system is only the result of the growth of a simple working system. It works. It worked then, and it works now. That doesn’t mean we have to like it. Replacing it is likely impossible.
dugmartin 11mo ago
Remember the old Bjarne Stroustrup quote: "There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses."
hoherd 11mo ago
Exactly. https://live.staticflickr.com/4066/4704268314_78149c3afc_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/4066/4704268314_78149c3afc_k.j...
- BrendanEich 11mo ago
  One book covers the DOM and browser APIs, one does not.

majorchord 11mo ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich > He served as the Mozilla Corporation's chief technical officer before he was appointed chief executive officer, but resigned shortly after his appointment due to pressure over his opposition to same-sex marriage. He subsequently became the cofounder and CEO of Brave Software.

OhMeadhbh 11mo ago
FWIW... I worked with Brendan @ Mozilla for over a year. Dude expressed zero problems with my queer lifestyle that I didn't hide. I think the problem people had with Brendan was not his opposition for same-sex marriage, but his support for an organization that opposed same-sex marriage. It's a subtle distinction, but one worth making. People are complex.
- 12_throw_away 11mo ago
  Sorry, what is the distinction? Being nice to people you know in person but trying to take rights away from the much larger group of people you don't know in person seems, well, worse?
- GuinansEyebrows 11mo ago
  the distinction is between practicing interpersonal bigotry and supporting institutional bigotry. don't be fooled by a warm handshake and a nice smile.