Comment on Atom Shell is now ElectronparentComments−yellowapple11yTranslation: "more people know JavaScript than CoffeeScript, so you shouldn't bother with CoffeeScript"More people are familiar with Notepad than vi. Does that make vi a bad choice?−mwcampbell11yMore people are familiar with Notepad than vi. Does that make vi a bad choice?That analogy doesn't work, because editors don't have network effects, whereas programming languages do.−saidajigumi11yeditors don't have network effectsThe 82 plugins in my current vim setup really, really beg to differ.−scrollaway11yThere's many reasons why that analogy doesn't work, and "network effect" isn't one.Appropriate tool, appropriate job.−yellowapple11yI'd argue that Javascript is never the appropriate tool for any job, but to each his/her own :)
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Translation: "more people know JavaScript than CoffeeScript, so you shouldn't bother with CoffeeScript"
More people are familiar with Notepad than vi. Does that make vi a bad choice?
That analogy doesn't work, because editors don't have network effects, whereas programming languages do.
The 82 plugins in my current vim setup really, really beg to differ.
There's many reasons why that analogy doesn't work, and "network effect" isn't one.
Appropriate tool, appropriate job.
I'd argue that Javascript is never the appropriate tool for any job, but to each his/her own :)