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by MaxBarraclough 2015 days ago
> "Simplicity" - nothing is more 'simple' than JS, which is why it's used the world over.

Not in terms of implementing the language.
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discreteevent 2015 days ago
Not in terms of using the language either. And the reason it is used the world over is because it was dictated to developers by browser makers. That's the single and only reason.
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MaxBarraclough 2014 days ago
I agree, but I'd still rank JavaScript as one of the more approachable major languages.
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