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Re:JavaScript Conquered the Web, Now It’s Taking Over the De... by dilann on Monday September 12, 2016 @02:00PM (#12482052)
> Use the right tool for the job

That's a funny argument in a thread about js. Js has started as a small language to do scripting on the pages, now they are sticking it everywhere.

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Re:JavaScript Conquered the Web, Now It’s Taking Over the De... by goatlover on Monday September 12, 2016 @02:51PM (#12482549)
Because people don't actually use the right tool for the job when it comes to software. Instead, they take the tool they know, ignore the better tools they would rather not have to learn, and make the known tool do things it was never designed for.

Excel is a great example of that, but it's done with programming languages as well.

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