[emorning4]

You can tell

[dugmartin]

Remember the old Bjarne Stroustrup quote: "There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses."

[vessenes]

For sure. And, to quote the Systems Bible: Any complex working system is only the result of the growth of a simple working system. It works. It worked then, and it works now. That doesn’t mean we have to like it. Replacing it is likely impossible.

[hoherd]

Exactly. https://live.staticflickr.com/4066/4704268314_78149c3afc_k.j...

[BrendanEich]

One book covers the DOM and browser APIs, one does not.