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Re:The Rise of Worse Is Better (1991) by bitwize on Friday March 30, 2018 @12:05PM (#16717276)
> While the arguments here have some validity, I think a more important reason for the triumph of worse-is-better is human cognitive overhead.

The alternative to JavaScript -- Scheme -- imposes far less cognitive overhead than does JavaScript, AFAIC.

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Re:The Rise of Worse Is Better (1991) by mgummelt on Friday March 30, 2018 @03:29PM (#16719082)
If you had to use one language to teach a CS101 course, with the goal of having the students build a complex project at the end, would you bet on scheme or javascript?
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Re:The Rise of Worse Is Better (1991) by bitwize on Friday March 30, 2018 @10:16PM (#16721279)
Scheme, absolutely. At least two highly regarded CS101 textbooks, SICP and How to Design Programs, use Scheme as a language for instruction.
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