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by protonimitate 2381 days ago
Agreed. I'm pretty sick of the anti-JS kneejerk rhetoric that happens here.

It adds zero value to any discussion. It's nothing more than a desperate attempt to gain some internet points.

It's a popular language and it has flaws, but that doesn't automatically make it worthy of the amount of hate it receives here. This type of discussion has more in common with /r/iamverysmart than it does with valuable discourse that HN used to be known for.
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b0rsuk 2381 days ago
I do enjoy "Professor Frisby's Mostly Adequate Guide to Functional Programming", which uses JS examples extensively. Despite the fact my last job was mostly JS, I had to look up functions all the time and stretch my brain muscles. Modern JS is different than "keep it the same" JS. But... converting a book to a different programming language rubs me the wrong way. I miss an opportunity to see another language, too. It's not even some very arcane language. If it really was a knee-jerk reaction, I'd have said:

"Learn less edition", or "2D remake"

So please stop with that strawman.

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ahuth 2381 days ago
Adapting a book for another language doesn't really make you miss an opportunity, though, right? The original is still freely available for you to look at and see another language.
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Buttons840 2381 days ago
It's not an attempt to get internet points. It's an expression of frustration that one of the most important platforms of our time has first class support for only one language, and the only reason that language is used is because of its monopoly on the platform. Were it no for that monopoly it would rarely be used.

I'm just glad JS is as good as it is, considering it didn't have to be good. It could have been even worse and still would have succeeded due to its monopoly.

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TurkishPoptart 2381 days ago
But WebAssembly was just made a new standard by W3, which, correct me if I'm wrong, will allow browsers to natively support literally any other language the developers choose.
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Buttons840 2381 days ago
Yes, but only if those languages do not interact with the platform (the platform being "webpages"). DOM manipulation requires JavaScript. So, it is still the case that JavaScript is the only language with first class support.
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mpfundstein 2381 days ago
Afaik when I write react , 100% of real(!) dom manipulation is already abstracted away. So why wouldn’t that work with webAsm?
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