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by tessierashpool 494 days ago
it was severely overused in the late 90s. its versatility made it very bad for large projects, but people used it anyway because it handled CGI easily. people who were there still bear the scars, and language hipsters know it isn’t popular, even if they don’t know why.

it’s not entirely fair, but on the bright side, at least there’s a kind of logic to it.