Javascript is like if Python didn't admit Python 2 and Python 3 were different languages.
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Are you referring to supersets like typescript, or differences in javascript as they add features from newer ECMAScripts which is the spec for javascript?
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So ES6 vs ES5? Are you purposefully being ambiguous?
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Replying to @JacobMGEvans @kiniry
JS is the language of purposeful ambiguity :) I like watching people learn not to document the parts that won't work in a few months, so they don't get yelled at for having out of date documentation. Big holes, same places.
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Replying to @dakami @JacobMGEvans
Let’s just be blunt: to a PL researcher, JS is a fascinating, horrifying, steaming pile of shit. And with node.js, the world has adopted a programming style rejected by the PL and SE communities as unreasonable and unmaintainable decades ago.
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Replying to @kiniry @JacobMGEvans
JS is proof that if you get the *RIGHT* right things right, a shocking number of the "wrong things" slip away. If eliminating punctuation isn't a first class citizen in your PL research, you missed the universe that decides -- humans. JS missed that too. Python didn't.
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JS is proof that the web is a powerful motivator, I don’t think you can really make other conclusions from its ubiquity.
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You have to dig into why the web motivates. The math is not enough (or more accurately, you have to employ different math, measure different things.)
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It’s the only low barrier way to deploy to billions of people. Shallow learning curve to get going since you often start by adding little bits of code to otherwise static markup.
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+1. Zero-friction distribution + stable naming + indexability are the only redeeming qualities. Other tech attaches itself to that value chain.
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Replying to @slightlylate @etrepum and
Oh, there's lots of stuff right in JS. One of the problems I think we have is that people don't know why JS worked. It's not *just* because it was the only game in town for browsers.
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