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by smt88 1682 days ago
Why are you so emotionally invested in whether other people like JS? Languages are tools -- not part of your identity.

Also what languages do you like less than JS? A lot of people think working with a certain tool is "as good as it's going to get" until they try something better.
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chain-- 1682 days ago
Of course! People are free to dislike languages as much as they want. But is that something that is worthwhile discussing on HN?

I don't dislike any language in that sense, every language has pros and cons. Different tools for different jobs, some I enjoy more than others. But that wasn't the point.

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smt88 1682 days ago
> But is that something that is worthwhile discussing on HN?

This thread is about improving JavaScript tooling. It seems like a very appropriate place to discuss things you dislike about JavaScript.

> I don't dislike any language in that sense, every language has pros and cons. Different tools for different jobs, some I enjoy more than others.

The problem with JavaScript is that it wasn't designed for the job it's doing and (until recently) we really had no other options. We still don't have another language that is browser-native, unless you count Web Assembly.

So some of the JavaScript hatred is due to the fact that 100% of web developers have to use it whether they like it or not.

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Seirdy 1681 days ago
> I don't dislike any language in that sense, every language has pros and cons. Different tools for different jobs, some I enjoy more than others. But that wasn't the point.

I dislike this overly positive attitude: responding to criticism of a language being worse than others by saying "every language has pros and cons" avoids addressing the criticisms and seems to imply that there are no bad languages.

It is possible to design a bad language for complex projects.

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