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A comment on Elm – “Designing to infantilize a target audience is how we got Java”.

Re:Elm – “Designing to infantilize a target audience is how ... by taneq on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @12:31AM (#12964759)
Whereas taking something old but reliable and throwing whiz-bang new footguns at it is how we got C++. Don't get me wrong, it's still one of my favourite languages, but damn if sometimes it isn't like an alligator with a bunch of broken glass glued to it.
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Re:Elm – “Designing to infantilize a target audience is how ... by pritambaral on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @12:54AM (#12964843)
To be fair to the context here, neither is:

1. JavaScript reliable like C, nor

2. Elm an addition of "whiz-bang new footguns" to JavaScript.

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