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Re:A list of computer languages with release year and category by droidist2 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @02:16PM (#21073539)
Wish it was sortable by date
Re:A list of computer languages with release year and category by ravenstine on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @02:52PM (#21073944)
Closest I could get:

`Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('table tbody tr')).sort((a, b) => { const yearA = parseInt(a.querySelector('td:nth-child(3)').innerText) || 2019, yearB = parseInt(b.querySelector('td:nth-child(3)').innerText) || 2019; return yearB - yearA; }).forEach(tr => { tr.remove(); document.querySelector('table tbody').insertAdjacentElement('afterbegin', tr) });`

Re:A list of computer languages with release year and category by codelani on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @04:48PM (#21075261)
Just added. Hope it doesn't break anything as that's the first Javascript I've added to an otherwise static site. Please let me know if that works!
Re:A list of computer languages with release year and category by bendiksolheim on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @02:48PM (#21073894)
This is doable with some JavaScript. Paste the JavaScript from this gist [1] in your console while on the web page, and the table will be sorted descending by year. Swap `bValue - aValue` on line 4 with `aValue - bValue` to sort ascending.

[1] - https://gist.github.com/bendiksolheim/307a6af9aba2c4360c75b9...

Re:A list of computer languages with release year and category by fireattack on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @02:51PM (#21073937)
It breaks/stops at rows with blank "appeared".
Re:A list of computer languages with release year and category by tuespetre on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @03:08PM (#21074170)
Floop

document.querySelector('tbody').append(...Array.from(document.querySelector('tbody').rows).map(row => ({ row, year: parseInt(row.cells[2].textContent) || 9000 })).sort((a, b) => a.year < b.year ? -1 : a.year > b.year ? 1 : 0).map(x => x.row))

Re:A list of computer languages with release year and category by stephen82 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @03:03PM (#21074103)
Yeah, I find it quite difficult to navigate without sorting them in chronological order...
Re:A list of computer languages with release year and category by sim_card_map on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @02:51PM (#21073930)
And by users.