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[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It was fine when it was contained to an actual web site instead of infecting desktop software too. To me, using JS for that purpose feels like using PHP to write a 3D video game.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

using PHP to write a 3D video game.

Somewhere, someone just had a really bad idea.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

It’s a general language (though primarily adopted by web as backend engine), so you can basically expect people already have had this idea.