Post B12UFJdctcx7TwHBXU by sil@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B12UFJdctcx7TwHBXU by sil@mastodon.social
       2025-12-08T11:00:50Z
       
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       I wish people would stop saying "JavaScript was written in 10 days" with the subtle implication that this is somehow shoddy or half-arsed. GvR wrote the first version of Python in a month in December 1989; the first bit of C was made out of B and NB in a month or two in ~1970. Every single bit of software you've ever used that isn't some enterprise nightmare was first a proof of concept hacked together in a couple of weeks by whoever first did it. This is entirely normal; it's not a bad thing!
       
 (DIR) Post #B12Z1FelP1vGqjvAeW by Archivist@social.linux.pizza
       2025-12-08T13:46:53Z
       
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       @mkj @sil nope, because the first version that was hacked in 10 days used Scheme's syntax as a base