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I think JS is perfect choice for first language. Sure, there are many rough edges and dark corners. On the other hand, it's fun, it's safe to experiment (becaus
by veli_joza 11y ago
I think JS is perfect choice for first language. Sure, there are many rough edges and dark corners. On the other hand, it's fun, it's safe to experiment (because it's sandboxed), very easy to deploy and show friends, and it's quite usable language for all sorts of applications.
There are more elegant languages (lisp, lua, scala, python) but they fall short at some of mentioned points.
- moron4hire 11y agoI don't think it's a perfect choice. I think it's a choice that makes it the "least bad" of a range of languages for a given set of assumptions and compromises. If I could waive a magic wand and make the perfect beginner language, it would not be JavaScript.