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by vinceguidry 1654 days ago
> You're blaming an ecosystem for being unstable, which while I agree, ultimately has nothing to do with the lang itself.

It has everything to do with the language. With no built-in module support (until recently!) and a weak type system, it's virtually impossible for Javascript to get anywhere near the stability of Java.

> makes you're entire point very ironic.

OP made an observation that we're having this conversation for this particular Java vuln but Javascript breakage never provokes anything like this. I don't understand where the ironing is. <insert-Princess-Bride-gif>