Five Languages That Won’t Ever Die

Re:Five Languages That Won’t Ever Die by mimixco on Saturday June 20, 2020 @02:11PM (#23585519)

How did JS not make it? It's the most ubiquitous programming language on earth and runs on more devices and environments than any other. JS will always be here.

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Re:Five Languages That Won’t Ever Die by eesmith on Saturday June 20, 2020 @03:37PM (#23586468)

Try reading the comments. Which also point out that SQL is missing, that there isn't 30 years of backwards compatibility in Python, and more.

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Re:Five Languages That Won’t Ever Die by PZ81JUXJE7uJ on Sunday June 21, 2020 @04:51AM (#23590769)

Once the first browser ships a TypeScript implementation JS will be gone in a matter of months.

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Re:Five Languages That Won’t Ever Die by mimixco on Sunday June 21, 2020 @11:37AM (#23592574)

I don't think so, since TS by definition compiles to JS. Too many embedded systems rely on JS. And many programmers, like me, prefer non-strongly-typed systems and/or runtime typing rather than compile-time.

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