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by johannes1234321 2020 days ago
Even great JavaScript developers don't have to be able to do C and pointer stuff. This has value, but there are many other things which bring more applicable value.

However there are toooo many "jQuery developers" with no understanding of the underlying things, while JS+libraries enabled them to do quite fancy things.
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hutzlibu 2020 days ago
Yes, but my point was, if you know about pointers, you are likely a better js dev than average as you have some background knowledge about the computer. And know what memory is and why it is not unlimited. And why some operations are expensive and others not.

Also, it did help me recently, working with wasm. Not compiling it yet, but using a libary.

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johannes1234321 2020 days ago
For that I have seen too much code from C hackers, who consider each abstraction bad and try to outsmart the compiler, while seeing great architectures in JavaScript from people who have no idea what a pointer might be.

Being capable of two different languages (TS and JS doesn't count ;)) however is a useful indicator.

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hutzlibu 2020 days ago
"while seeing great architectures in JavaScript from people who have no idea what a pointer might be."

Those people have to be naturals, though. Or really just focused on javascript and only javascript if they know about software architecture but nothing about compilers or pointers.

But sure, you definitely can write bad JS, if you are forced to use JS, when you wanted to use C (++) ... which probably happened to a lot of people, which is why we see the hate of JS in that intensity.

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