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0 pointschaxor2y ago0 comments

You misspelled JavaScript

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Honestly, is it just me or do I find Javascript unnaturally difficult? I've learnt Python, C++, MATLAB, heck, even picked up some Rust and LabVIEW on the way. But I found Javascript (and Typescript) hard to pick up.

andai2y ago

I've spent most of the last 20 years working with JavaScript, and as ridiculous as it sounds, I never quite got the hang of it. Meanwhile other languages clicked within a few days.

I had a similar experience with e.g. Flash vs GIMP. Even after a decade of not using it, I found that the Flash shortcuts were intuitive to me, but GIMP (which I use every day, several times per day) never quite "clicks".

I'm not exactly sure why this is the case. Another example is that I rarely use Python, and yet find myself vastly more productive in it.

sublinear2y ago

Crying isn't going to open up the browser to your favorite language, and no the DOM API will never be exposed to WASM. JavaScript is here to stay.

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