Baffled by the addition of BigInts to JavaScript. I mean, as a library, sure, but high precision large integers are a rare uses case, aren't they? Why do they deserve language level support?
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Replying to @DanielleFong
For what? I'm truly curious here. I think I've needed bigger than default ints once in my whole career. And that was in a language without bigint support, so I had to hack around it myself. (But it was overflowing database IDs. No math.)
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Replying to @WomanCorn
math is an important use case! crypto physics i use mathematica a lot. 64 bits is really not enough unless you want to get clever, and cleverness impedes fluency
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Replying to @DanielleFong @WomanCorn
yes “technically” you can hack around it, but it’s super nice to not have to
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Replying to @DanielleFong
I mean, I guess JavaScript is 25 years old, so adding features that are convenient, but can only be used when they spread throughout the environment makes some sense. 2025's JavaScript programmers may be super happy that they're standard in the language!
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Replying to @WomanCorn
tbf I also like going in the opposite direction, towards a really stripped down language for the browser (like RISC)
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Replying to @DanielleFong
Old and boring: a numeric stack in your language. New hotness: Exiling all numeric support to the standard library, making "1" a constant.
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Replying to @WomanCorn @DanielleFong
More seriously, how's WebAssembly looking these days?
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to answer this, I would bug my friend @zoink!
Hey Dylan! Hi! You are amazing! Uhhh... how is web assembly these days? How is wrestling with the GPU in the browser?
Inquiring minds want to know!


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