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hresvelgr[dead post] ◴[21 Oct 24 05:38 UTC] No.41900976[source]▶

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davedx ◴[21 Oct 24 05:43 UTC] No.41900995[source]▶

>>41900976 #

I’ve worked on some huge nodejs projects, it’s a great language for “serious projects”. It has costs and benefits like any other language. If you use TypeScript then IME many of the costs are mitigated.

What exactly makes JavaScript so unsuitable?

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1. helltone ◴[21 Oct 24 06:15 UTC] No.41901154[source]▶

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In addition to what is mentioned by the other comment, also threading and io.

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Skeptical of rewriting JavaScript tools in "faster" languages