Ask HN: Why isn't JavaScript long-lasting?
Why is it apparently perceived as a "dayfly development language"? JS has an ISO standard like C and SQL. Yet, only C, SQL, Lisp and the SDL API are recommended[1] for the long run (>= 20 years).So why can't I expect a JavaScript program with HTML5, CSS3 and Vue.js to last me for at least 20 years much like C89 and SDL? What's the issue here? I don't get it, since JS, HTML and CSS are...