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Re:Is JavaScript getting worse? by Mithaldu on Monday January 12, 2015 @07:22AM (#8873500)
Why didn't they call "spread" by the same name it's called virtually everywhere else, "flatten"?
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Re:Is JavaScript getting worse? by collyw on Monday January 12, 2015 @08:22AM (#8873727)
I hate this. Why can languages try and standardize on things to at least some extent.

else if (JavaScript) elsif (Perl) elif (Python)

There is no good reason that these are different.

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Re:Is JavaScript getting worse? by CrossEye on Monday January 12, 2015 @03:48PM (#8876323)
Yes, and those damned Italians still refuse to switch to English too!
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