Re:TermKit: A Rich Graphical Terminal (2011)
by naikrovek on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @02:41AM
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> declaring that js is poison & ruins everything is so overblown. no languages deserve this unmeasured raw malice.
I suggest you learn more about JavaScript, including its origin, its growth, its limitations, and its strengths, then do the same for several other languages.
if you do this, you will either see JS as the cancer it is, or you will lie to yourself and say you have "won" this discussion.
JavaScript has succeeded only because web browsers have carried it. it doesn't have enough merit to exist on its own, especially if you measure that by the JavaScript that existed early on. that was rubbish (though much simpler rubbish than today's variants) and if it weren't for the parasitic nature of JavaScript it would have died when it should have died. now, because it has been around so long and sees so much use, people believe it is a valid choice for other things. it really isn't.
I suggest you learn more about JavaScript, including its origin, its growth, its limitations, and its strengths, then do the same for several other languages.
if you do this, you will either see JS as the cancer it is, or you will lie to yourself and say you have "won" this discussion.
JavaScript has succeeded only because web browsers have carried it. it doesn't have enough merit to exist on its own, especially if you measure that by the JavaScript that existed early on. that was rubbish (though much simpler rubbish than today's variants) and if it weren't for the parasitic nature of JavaScript it would have died when it should have died. now, because it has been around so long and sees so much use, people believe it is a valid choice for other things. it really isn't.