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I thought this was entertaining, don't get me wrong, but when he says: porting all that great shit backwards to JavaScript ...I understand what he means, but
by wyclif 12y ago
I thought this was entertaining, don't get me wrong, but when he says:
porting all that great shit backwards to JavaScript
...I understand what he means, but 'cmon, that ship sailed a long time ago. JavaScript won on the web. It's far from perfect, and something better will replace it, but JavaScript successfully met the demands of rapid development.
- m0nastic 12y agoWithout knowing what his next project is, maybe I'm mis-reading the statement; but I took that as more of a condemnation against the web than against Javascript specifically.
- colordrops 12y agoYes. As with any big project, the first revision is often unorganized spaghetti full of architectural problems. But with diligent iteration and refactoring, over time the project starts to take shape and becomes elegant. In this case, the project (the web) is huge, long term, and has a ridiculous amount of use cases and competing interests, so it's an amazing and wonderful thing that we've even settled on a lingua franca at all! Over time javascript will evolve, and a more elegant and robust replacement will eventually emerge to run universal sandboxed apps.
- mattmanser 12y agoWhy is it 'cmon? Firstly javascript has been forced on us by the browser manufacturers. Unlike every other platform we developers use we have no choice at all. It's actually disgraceful. Secondly, it's not even the main thrust of the article, it's a side comment and a factually correct one. Why do we all have to suffer javascript in silence? Let us moan about it if we want.