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Re:A pure JavaScript implementation of Git for Node and brow... by geocar on Thursday May 17, 2018 @02:33PM (#17094073)
You're making a mistake of putting a box around "JavaScript the Language" -- even admitting a concession of "HTML and DOM" you miss the point: Lua and Python do not have billions of devices able to download and run their applications. Python and Lua don't have that by a long shot.
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Re:A pure JavaScript implementation of Git for Node and brow... by yoz-y on Sunday May 20, 2018 @05:23PM (#17114806)
That was my point. JS has a huge advantage in the ecosystem but not many as a language itself.

If we compare pure Node with Python then I think python is better for learning as it has less weirdness to it.

You are right though. Such comparison is only useful as a mental exercise as in the real world the browser and js are intimately tied.

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