[TheRealPomax]

Here's waiting for when we finally rip out document.write because it's one of the most damaging functions to have been kept on life support "because we don't remove things from JS, it would break the internet". Except of course for all those times we already did by not "removing it from the spec", just either removing support in all browsers, or by changing the security policies so that "the code is still accepted" it just throws security errors and won't actually run.

[mdaniel]

As a counter-point to this, `document.write` is (currently) a render blocking action, and thus allows one to load assets without a bunch of `document.addEventListener("DOMContentReady", (ohgawd) => {})` business to ensure a `window.__whatever__` is initialized before 10 quadrillion megs of JS run

Maybe in some pseudofuture there will be a less heinous way to schedule the order of JS evaluation, but until that future materializes, document.write is damn handy

[seba_dos1]

...and window.alert is a blocking action, which allows you to display a message like "You lost! Your score: 1234 points" without having to build additional UI or adapt the loop of your game to be able to prevent game logic from continuing until the user clicks "ok" - which for jam games is damn handy ;)