[taneq]

Whereas taking something old but reliable and throwing whiz-bang new footguns at it is how we got C++. Don't get me wrong, it's still one of my favourite languages, but damn if sometimes it isn't like an alligator with a bunch of broken glass glued to it.

[pritambaral]

To be fair to the context here, neither is:

1. JavaScript reliable like C, nor

2. Elm an addition of "whiz-bang new footguns" to JavaScript.