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Read up on the origins of JS. You will be surprised. It was a rush hack job to.save a company from an existential threat. Like wasabi
by reagency 11y ago
Read up on the origins of JS. You will be surprised. It was a rush hack job to.save a company from an existential threat. Like wasabi
- wpietri 11y agoSure, but that strikes me as the exception that proves the rule. JS succeeded not because of language merits, but because it had strong distribution. JS was basically held in contempt for a decade until the platforms and the language matured enough to make it useful for something more than button rollovers and form validation.
- marssaxman 11y agoI've been holding it in contempt for two decades and doubt I will ever stop. Spending some time on a static analysis project for JS recently only reinforced that opinion.
- wpietri 11y agoFair point. Perhaps we can say people have shifted from utter contempt to grudging tolerance?
- marssaxman 11y agoI can agree with that!