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Re:JavaScript for People Who Hate JavaScript by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @06:03AM (#14967071)
If JavaScript had a standard library from the beginning we would be replacing it now because it wouldn't support Unicode or promises or async or whatever is coming next.
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Re:JavaScript for People Who Hate JavaScript by sametmax on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @06:37AM (#14967237)
The stdlib can evolve with the W3C the same way the language evolves.
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Re:JavaScript for People Who Hate JavaScript by hajile on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @05:53PM (#14974061)
The w3c cannot break the web. Once something is in the language a certain way, it stays (technically, there have been a couple small breaking changes, but the fact that you don't hear about them speaks to their size and impact)
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Re:JavaScript for People Who Hate JavaScript by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @08:54AM (#14968161)
You mean we're stuck with the legacy stuff forever.
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