On 13/10/2011, at 20:05, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote: > > People coming to JS from C/C++/Java are generally happy with the JS syntax > (but don't like other things about it). People coming from Ruby or Python > generally aren't happy with JS syntax.
There's many more JS/C/C++/Java programmers than Ruby/Python programmers. > In the long run, if a language like JS is highly successful it doesn't matter > because ultimately most people will just learn it as one of their first > programming languages. If the objective were to serve the majority, then JS's C-like syntax should be left as is. C remains the second most popular programming language in the world: http://tcrn.ch/prmhOf JavaScript's C-like syntax is a Good Thing™ -- Jorge. _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
