top | item 46148065 (no title) emorning4 | 2 months ago You can tell discuss order hn newest dugmartin|2 months ago Remember the old Bjarne Stroustrup quote: "There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses." vessenes|2 months ago For sure. And, to quote the Systems Bible: Any complex working system is only the result of the growth of a simple working system. It works. It worked then, and it works now. That doesn’t mean we have to like it. Replacing it is likely impossible. hoherd|2 months ago Exactly. https://live.staticflickr.com/4066/4704268314_78149c3afc_k.j... BrendanEich|2 months ago One book covers the DOM and browser APIs, one does not.
dugmartin|2 months ago Remember the old Bjarne Stroustrup quote: "There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses."
vessenes|2 months ago For sure. And, to quote the Systems Bible: Any complex working system is only the result of the growth of a simple working system. It works. It worked then, and it works now. That doesn’t mean we have to like it. Replacing it is likely impossible.
hoherd|2 months ago Exactly. https://live.staticflickr.com/4066/4704268314_78149c3afc_k.j... BrendanEich|2 months ago One book covers the DOM and browser APIs, one does not.
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