And the mess gets bigger, and software becomes even more broken.pic.twitter.com/00Zrpzriuc
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I agree about the design part, it was a quick & dirty attempt. Nevertheless a large part of the tech world decided to use this modest scripting language well beyond its initial scope.
And that's the original sin. If you choose a tool without engineering foresight, the result is the total failure that we have today. There are no excuses except incompetence.
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