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Re:The melting pot of JavaScript (2017) by pwaivers on Monday January 07, 2019 @03:35PM (#18849734)
Since JavaScript is a prototype language, doesn't reflection come in automatically?
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Re:The melting pot of JavaScript (2017) by spricket on Monday January 07, 2019 @04:34PM (#18850389)
Bad/non-existent annotation support prevents you attaching metadata to objects without adding garbage to their structures. Makes reflection a lot less useful
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Re:The melting pot of JavaScript (2017) by MarsAscendant on Monday January 07, 2019 @04:03PM (#18850043)
Not for most coders, unfortunately.
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