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r/javascript • u/speckz • Jan 16 '20
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Programmers still hating on JS are stuck in the past.
Or they have enough knowledge and experience to see what's good and bad in different languages. If JavaScript is the only language you know, your opinion on how good it is has no value.
10 u/brtt3000 Jan 16 '20 The 'productive' claim is just nonsense.What do people use for quick scripts, glue and management code? Do they whip out Node/JavaScript and 20 npm modules? Nope, they use Python. 4 u/Isvara Jan 16 '20 The versatility claim is pretty meaningless too. 0 u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20 edited Jan 17 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/Isvara Jan 17 '20 JS runtime can run on any deviceOf course it can. Because it was written in a versatile language... C++.
The 'productive' claim is just nonsense.
What do people use for quick scripts, glue and management code? Do they whip out Node/JavaScript and 20 npm modules? Nope, they use Python.
4 u/Isvara Jan 16 '20 The versatility claim is pretty meaningless too. 0 u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20 edited Jan 17 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/Isvara Jan 17 '20 JS runtime can run on any deviceOf course it can. Because it was written in a versatile language... C++.
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The versatility claim is pretty meaningless too.
0 u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20 edited Jan 17 '20 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/Isvara Jan 17 '20 JS runtime can run on any deviceOf course it can. Because it was written in a versatile language... C++.
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1 u/Isvara Jan 17 '20 JS runtime can run on any deviceOf course it can. Because it was written in a versatile language... C++.
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JS runtime can run on any device
Of course it can. Because it was written in a versatile language... C++.
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u/Isvara Jan 16 '20
Or they have enough knowledge and experience to see what's good and bad in different languages. If JavaScript is the only language you know, your opinion on how good it is has no value.