[Info-vax] basic BASIC question

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/3/2025 1:24 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2025-01-31, Dan Cross <cross at spitfire.i.gajendra.net> wrote:
>> If you really want to have a good time, look at how
>> JavaScript deals with this.  Things aren't just true
>> or false, they're truthy and falsy, and sometimes Nan.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et8xNAc2ic8
> 
> And we use this crap to build critical websites that our society and
> general way of life now depend on. :-(
> 
> And some even think it's a good idea to run this server-side. :-(

JavaScript has had a huge market share in presentation layer
in web applications for decades.

Either companies don't know how to profit maximize or
JavaScript is/was a good choice for this type
of code.

Small code bases, frequent releases and high user
tolerance for small ooopses favor a language like
JavaScript. Ada would not work well in this context
from a business perspective.

Code bases are not small anymore though. And TypeScript
has taken huge chunks of market share from
JavaScript in recent years.

Arne