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> Javascript is primarily compiled from other languages which use their own idioms, often imitating far more strictly typed languages.

I'm not sure which languages are you referring to. Typescript? It's Javascript with types (minus enums, which are discouraged). Elm, Purescript, Clojurescript, Gleam? Great languages, but they represent a tiny fraction of the real world fronted applications

> JS devs are primarily people who hate javascript

Modern javascript? Are you sure you're not projecting the fact that you hate it?

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krapp1y ago

By "modern javascript" I refer to both the language and the ecosystem of Node, NPM, Typescript, and related technologies that have become so ubiquitous as to be inseparable from the language to most people. I don't hate javascript, I'm not one of those "javascript delenda est[0]" people who go off on rants about the language whenever it comes up. However, I don't like what the language and ecosystem have turned into, and I don't like many of the incentives that brought those changes about. What used to be a community driven ecosystem has been captured by VC and corporate interests.

Admittedly, I also don't like a lot of the more recent features added to the language like classes and templates, because I'd prefer javascript remain simple and avoid feature creep.

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