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We should all just decide on JavaScript and solve interesting problems instead

6 points by evjan 13y ago

lcedp 13y ago
Meh. We should all just decide on PHP and solve interesting problems instead. We should all just decide on Fortran and solve interesting problems instead. We should all just decide on perfocards and solve interesting problems instead. We should all just decide on slide rulers [1] and solve interesting problems instead. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule
- evjan 13y ago
  Let me put it like this then: do you feel that we have, in the programming language space, uncovered fantastic new ways of enriching humanity since PHP?
  - sgaither 13y ago
    Yes, the growth in the webspace can be partly attributable to programming being more stable, more accessible to beginners. Do you think the hard part of any programming/engineering project is learning a new language?
    - evjan 13y ago
      Yes, not disagreeing with you there. And no, I don't think so.
  - kaonashi 13y ago
    I can't figure out a point to this conversation other than the pure link-bait and troll value.
    - evjan 13y ago
      Let me assure you that I am very serious about this, I did not write it just to get a spike in visitors to my site. I have no ads on my site, more visitors don't make much of a difference to me other than spreading the word and getting more people to challenge me.
      - kaonashi 13y ago
        Well, considering javascript is exclusively single-threaded in a time where multi-core is becoming the exclusive means by which processors are scaling, it would be the one of the worst possible languages to converge upon.
  - lcedp 13y ago
    Wide use of JavaScript which we are talking about started in attempt to enrich web platform. Otherwise we would be just using PHP for web and that's it.
    - evjan 13y ago
      Yes, and I'm not advocating for us choosing one language for all eternity. If Mandarin or Hausa become the next de facto business languages in the area I live in, I'd learn them.
drill_sarge 13y ago
>We have the chance of running the same language on the front-end and the back-end yeah, I can't wait for a fully fledged webserver written in JS
Executor 13y ago
But javascript has serious flaws. It doesn't have static typing, advance language functionality like namespaces and generics were afterthoughts, and it was a half-baked language. The original language was supposed to be more FP. I'd rather support lua, c# or python being a better alternative.

6 points by evjan 13y ago

lcedp 13y ago

Meh. We should all just decide on PHP and solve interesting problems instead. We should all just decide on Fortran and solve interesting problems instead. We should all just decide on perfocards and solve interesting problems instead. We should all just decide on slide rulers [1] and solve interesting problems instead. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule

evjan 13y ago
Let me put it like this then: do you feel that we have, in the programming language space, uncovered fantastic new ways of enriching humanity since PHP?
- sgaither 13y ago
  Yes, the growth in the webspace can be partly attributable to programming being more stable, more accessible to beginners. Do you think the hard part of any programming/engineering project is learning a new language?
  - evjan 13y ago
    Yes, not disagreeing with you there. And no, I don't think so.
- kaonashi 13y ago
  I can't figure out a point to this conversation other than the pure link-bait and troll value.
  - evjan 13y ago
    Let me assure you that I am very serious about this, I did not write it just to get a spike in visitors to my site. I have no ads on my site, more visitors don't make much of a difference to me other than spreading the word and getting more people to challenge me.
    - kaonashi 13y ago
      Well, considering javascript is exclusively single-threaded in a time where multi-core is becoming the exclusive means by which processors are scaling, it would be the one of the worst possible languages to converge upon.
- lcedp 13y ago
  Wide use of JavaScript which we are talking about started in attempt to enrich web platform. Otherwise we would be just using PHP for web and that's it.
  - evjan 13y ago
    Yes, and I'm not advocating for us choosing one language for all eternity. If Mandarin or Hausa become the next de facto business languages in the area I live in, I'd learn them.

drill_sarge 13y ago

>We have the chance of running the same language on the front-end and the back-end yeah, I can't wait for a fully fledged webserver written in JS

Executor 13y ago

But javascript has serious flaws. It doesn't have static typing, advance language functionality like namespaces and generics were afterthoughts, and it was a half-baked language. The original language was supposed to be more FP. I'd rather support lua, c# or python being a better alternative.