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by demircancelebi 3027 days ago
Of course one should be humble and seek for ways it improve. There are different languages/tools suited for different needs. But, I do not understand why do you think this piece should be a required read for Javascript devs. AFAIK, neither Lisp had a monopoly, nor Javascript does have one. It probably just has the largest user base.

In my view, users of different languages might benefit from this piece as much as JS devs. This behavior against JS devs cause unnecessary hostility.

In addition, Javascript may actually be "too big to fail", and it is actually in a very different state than Common Lisp in this sense. What I mean by that is being "the language" that is used in browsers and having the largest registry (npm).

I am not trying to attack, just curious about why do you think it specifically applies to JS devs.