18 years ago this week, JavaScript was announced in a joint press release by Netscape and Sun. http://resin.io/happy-18th-birthday-javascript/?utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_medium=email …
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Replying to @DaveVoyles
@DaveVoyles and 18 years later, it still has all sorts of fun incompatibilities! :)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @alphatrak
@alphatrak@DaveVoyles I'd like JavaScript 10x better if it were strongly typed. Boo.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @KrisWD40
@KrisWD40@alphatrak Lucky for you, Microsoft is pushing TypeScript! Strongly typed JS, which converts directly to JS1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @DaveVoyles
@DaveVoyles@alphatrak Does it only work in IE? Why not just make JavaScript itself strongly typed? Always with more layers of abstraction.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @KrisWD40
@KrisWD40@alphatrak So you see what the JS that the browser / app consumes, and you can alter that as well2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @DaveVoyles
@DaveVoyles@alphatrak I imagine someone could just make a JavaScript editor that enforced strongly typing and other stuff even.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@KrisWD40 @alphatrak JSLint *kind* of does that. It forces you to very strictly write your JS
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