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Skeptical of rewriting JavaScript tools in "faster" languages

(nolanlawson.com)
160 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 20 Oct 24 21:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
1. musicale ◴[20 Oct 24 23:21 UTC] No.41899336[source]▶
JavaScript is a terrific language: more ubiquitous than BASIC ever was; nearly as easy to learn and use as Python; syntax that is close to Java/C/C++. And it only uses 10x the CPU and memory of C or C++.