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Re:Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs – JavaS... by ryeights on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @12:47PM (#21827321)
JS is a terrible language. The amount of pitfalls, language features you must avoid, and obscure paradigms you must follow to make JS usable is mind-boggling. Just because you can use JS well doesn't mean it's a good language.
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Re:Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs – JavaS... by ahuth on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @04:18PM (#21829586)
Out of curiosity, what languages do you think are good ones?
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Re:Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs – JavaS... by CalChris on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @05:56PM (#21830340)
Scheme is a good programming language.
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Re:Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs – JavaS... by ryeights on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @04:52PM (#21829852)
Good? That's harder to answer. Not terrible? Java, C, Python, C#, Swift, Go...
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Re:Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs – JavaS... by ausjke on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @01:11PM (#21827543)
no longer is too good or too bad, it depends on how much time you spent on it and how good you're at it actually.
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