Yes, if there's one thing that Doug Crockford should have taught us all by now, it's that Brendan was actually pretty smart, and we were damn lucky to end up with Javascript compared to what could have been.
I don't know.... If it was really bad, it could have been replaced with something better. If it was really good it could be kept. Today we're stuck with something half bad/half good, we're keeping it and it is uncomfortable at times.
Add it to the deficiencies of html and css and web dev becomes a chore.
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Yes, if there's one thing that Doug Crockford should have taught us all by now, it's that Brendan was actually pretty smart, and we were damn lucky to end up with Javascript compared to what could have been.
I don't know.... If it was really bad, it could have been replaced with something better. If it was really good it could be kept. Today we're stuck with something half bad/half good, we're keeping it and it is uncomfortable at times. Add it to the deficiencies of html and css and web dev becomes a chore.
We probably would have ended up with more Java and Flash.
The epiphany is when you realize how isomorphic to python/ruby javascript is! That is really lucky!
Absolutely. VBScript, anyone?