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Oracle, it's time to free JavaScript

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Re: Oracle, it's time to free JavaScript

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I thought this was just another internet rant until I got to the bottom of the page: > Sincerely, > Ryan Dahl - creator of Node.js > Brendan Eich - creator of JavaScript > Michael Ficarra - editor of the JavaScript spec > Rich Harris - creator of Svelte > Isaac Z. Schlueter - creator of npm > Feross Aboukhadijeh - CEO of Socket > James M Snell - member of Node.js TSC > Wes Bos - host of Syntax.fm > Scott Tolinski - h…

It is now 3k more members.

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Re: Oracle, it's time to free JavaScript

#133
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

JavaScript is the world's most popular programming language. https://www.statista.com/statistics/793628/worldwide-develop...

Sorry, but the second largest "language" on that graph is HTML/CSS. I mean that's not even a programming language.

So ignore that entry

Re: Oracle, it's time to free JavaScript

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

... do you think people don't use Java anymore?

sure they use it, but I sort of feel the groups that use it and JavaScript are no longer likely to cross over each other, and thus new devs will not be making the historical mistake of rhetorical misunderstanding that was made in the old days.

Full stack developers often use both Java and JavaScript.
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