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It was best as a silly toy language in the 1990's... (reddthat.com)
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[–] Oisteink@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So any language is good as I can make great software using it?? IMO js is still a mess and NPM is really full of shit code to prove it.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I didn’t say that. You can make great software in Brainfuck, but I don’t think anyone has ever said it is good because of that.

People do make good software in JavaScript. Knowing JavaScript is an exceptionally useful skill, and JavaScript is pretty easy to become decent at. The learning curve for JavaScript is relatively low. As such, there are tons of JS devs, many of which want to make cool things. JavaScript is undeniably an approachable language. Whether you personally think it’s a good language doesn’t have any bearing on that, but that means tons of people are going to use it to make cool software. To me, its approachability is one of the many things that make it good.