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Re:Rob Pike frustrated by Java, C++ complexity by epistemenical on Sunday July 25, 2010 @11:29PM (#1547032)
The languages tend to be interpreted rather than compiled, meaning the programs written in such languages aren't compiled before running....

Thanks for that brilliant bit of journalism there.

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Re:Rob Pike frustrated by Java, C++ complexity by cubicle67 on Sunday July 25, 2010 @11:35PM (#1547049)
also (paraphrased):

a. Javascript is less than 10 years old

b. It was developed in response to the growing complexity of Java/C++

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