Readit NewsSomething that really sticks out to me after reading the article, is how Sun had all the hype in the world when Java was released. There were internet discussions about Java replacing Windows. That Java was going to be the future of program development. It was going to run everything. It was going to run everywhere.
And now, 30 years later, Javascript is the programming language that does what Java set out to do.
Some other, recent, JavaScript discussions
30 year anniversary since the announcement of JavaScript https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46146406
It’s time to free JavaScript (2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46145365
old man claims society collapsing; back in his day…
I wish people were not so inclined to reply with "Ad Hominem Ridicule" one liners. I like a good joke, but such replies lack a certain level of content that addresses the point and feel "low effort".
I do agree that comparing the past with the present if fraught with complicated nuances, and people do tend to see the past with rose tinted glasses. But, I read Talwar's blog post more as a personal reflection on their experiences they are facing and not some kind of scientific treatise on what went wrong.
hackthemack commented on New layouts with CSS Subgrid joshwcomeau.com/css/subgr... · Posted by u/joshwcomeau
Have we wrapped all the way around to <table> layouts again?
I agree. I got really tired of hearing tables are for tabular data! For 20+ years. My reply was always, Who cares if it accomplished the layout you want. If the meaning of a word is what got people so hung up... why not go and make a new css term that did what tables did but improve on it. Now 20+ years later, that is pretty much what they did.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10654216
The Cannons on the B-29 Bomber "accurate account of LeMay stripping turrets and shifting to incendiary area bombing; matches mainstream history"
It gave a good grade to user cstross but to my reading of the comment, cstross just recounted a bit of old history. The evaluation gave cstross for just giving a history lesson or no?