Re:What's New in JavaScript for 2019
by stevecalifornia on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @04:31PM
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If you want to make programming inaccessible to newcomers, start making special characters that inexplicably mean special things... like # means 'private' when placed in front of a function.
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Re:What's New in JavaScript for 2019
by reverentgeek on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @04:42PM
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That is a legitimate concern. Even if the person isn't new to programming and is coming from other C-like languages such as Java or C#, there's a good deal of precedence. Just like the "Don't Make Me Think" usability argument, we ought to stick with the conventions that people already know and are familiar with.