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Re:Programs are dead, and JavaScript has killed them by throwaway290 on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @09:48AM (#33969541)
There's nothing wrong with making a language part of your identity but Darren is not even doing that, he simply said he loves JS.

I don't identify as a Python dev and I don't even work with Python much lately, I know package management isn't great and PyPI registry suffered malicious attacks recently, but I can still say I love Python, I started with it and the syntax is enjoyable.

But you are clearly making language hate part of your identity.

(BTW I'd actually thank JS for TS, if they added types natively they'd probably be limited like Python's and we'd be stuck with it, but they didn't so now we have a new language with a great type system that evolved beyond JS with variations that compile into WASM and such.)

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Re:Programs are dead, and JavaScript has killed them by royletron on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @04:16AM (#33981512)
Yeesh this really kicked off but thanks for the defence. For clarity I identify as a male programmer with Lego loving tendencies. JS is simply a tool I actually mostly enjoy using. I also use a lot of other languages, but really JS is one I'm always happy to come back to!
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