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Day to day I work in C++. I've also used many much more elegant languages, Python, Haskell, etc. Right now I'm doing web development in my spare time, and I don
by purplelobster 14y ago
Day to day I work in C++. I've also used many much more elegant languages, Python, Haskell, etc. Right now I'm doing web development in my spare time, and I don't see where this hate for JavaScript is coming from. Sure, it might not be the prettiest language in the world, but who cares? It's what's available to us, and I'm actually quite satisfied it's JavaScript and not something worse. I don't seem to care half as much about languages as the average hacker news reader, I'm not sure why. I care about what I'm trying to create.
- camus 14y agoi guess you never had to build large applications with javascript. Imagine you need to write a js app by the size of your C++ programs ? that's what webdev are asked to do today, but without a built-in module system , without strict typing , without built-in class system ( you need to roll your own , which may not be compatible with the one used in the library you might use ) , without the insurance that the API you use works across all browsers , ... JS doesnt help you to build applications it comes with no battery included.