How the fuck has JavaScript lasted three years, let alone 30?
Because it’s easier to constantly improve an existing standard than getting the major players to work together to agree on a new standard.
And also because JS has come a long way. Its runtimes are way faster than they have any right to be, and it’s hacky enough that you can warp it into almost any workflow you want.
How the fuck has JavaScript lasted three years, let alone 30?
It looks like someone drove a truck through the W3C tutorials offices, and formed a language out of what was left hanging off the bumpers.
I’m the first the admit that my issues with JS can be boiled down to “skill issue, git gud” but man it doesn’t help itself sometimes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich#Netscape
that’s because it was made in TEN FUCKING DAYS
Because it’s easier to constantly improve an existing standard than getting the major players to work together to agree on a new standard.
And also because JS has come a long way. Its runtimes are way faster than they have any right to be, and it’s hacky enough that you can warp it into almost any workflow you want.