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It was best as a silly toy language in the 1990's... (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 week ago by iamdisappoint@reddthat.com to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] luciole@beehaw.org 101 points 1 week ago (30 children)

Real programmers are language agnostic. Anyways what's the project?

[–] termaxima@slrpnk.net 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes and no. "Real" programmers care about engineering choices ; and JS is the cardboard of programming languages.

Perfect for packaging (which in this metaphor is UI), horrible for building a bridge with. And vice-versa, I wouldn't try and make amazon packaging out of reinforced concrete.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

But for fun both bridge out of cardboard and packaging out of concrete might work, tastes differ ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)_⁠/⁠¯

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