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Re:JavaScript developers are incredible at problem solving, ... by vlunkr on Thursday July 09, 2015 @07:05PM (#9861292)
Well, part of the problem in this case is that JS or something that compiles to JS is the only option for running in the browser, unlike PHP or Wordpress, which have many alternatives.
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Re:JavaScript developers are incredible at problem solving, ... by joshstrange on Thursday July 09, 2015 @08:02PM (#9861526)
> unlike PHP or Wordpress, which have many alternatives.

Except that's not really true. While other languages exist that CAN run on servers cheap shared hosting and the ease of dropping in PHP and having it "Just Work (tm)" is nothing to scoff at.

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