“Why I’m skeptical of rewriting JavaScript tools in “faster” languages | Read the Tea Leaves”
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“Why I’m skeptical of rewriting JavaScript tools in “faster” languages | Read the Tea Leaves”
Agree completely with Nolan here.
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CM Harringtonreplied to Baldur Bjarnason last edited by
@baldur As someone who actually hates JS, I also think the notion of 'rewriting it in a different language' is purely masturbatory, and doesn't in any meaningful way solve the problems of why JS sucks. Hint: It's not the runtime speed of execution!
There's an analogue here that I come back to over and over again. It's that of "Bukowski Man". It's very common for young males (always males) in their 1st or 2nd years of uni to discover him. Then literally everything becomes about Bukowski, man…
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