The Node_Modules Backpacking Adventure

Content ANYONE: YOU CANT JUST TUPE RANDOM CODE AND EXPECT IT TO WORK JAVASCRIPT PROGRAMMERS:

Ah, the eternal dilemma of legacy maintenance. Do you want to decipher cryptic Fortran from the moon landing era or try to understand whatever framework-of-the-month some junior dev installed because they saw it on a YouTube tutorial? The cold sweat is real. Ancient code at least has the excuse of being written when computers had less memory than your coffee maker. Modern "vibe code" was written yesterday by someone who named all their variables after their favorite anime characters. Either way, you're the poor soul who has to maintain it until retirement or sweet release, whichever comes first.

Content rLibertarian uFishman89 12h i.redd.it At least my fortune knows more than the entire Democratic Party A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A lax is a fine for doing well. 11k J 339 Share Am the only one bothered by the recursive nature T this statement? fine tax for doing wrong And tax fine for doing well Then "A tax is a fine for doing well" Is "A fine for doing well is a tax for doing wrong for doing well" "A tax for doing wrong for doing well is a fine for doing well for doing wrong for doing well" "A fine for doing well for doing wrong for doing well is a tax for doing wrong for doing well for doing wrong for doing well" I can keep on going.

The eternal battle continues! First person states the obvious: "JavaScript is not Java. They are different languages." But the reply below absolutely murders with precision: "Java is to JavaScript as Car is to Carpet." That analogy is devastatingly accurate. Despite sharing part of their name, these languages have about as much in common as a vehicle and floor covering. The naming confusion has been trolling newbie developers since 1995 when Netscape thought "hey, Java's hot right now, let's name our scripting language to sound similar for marketing!" 6412 upvotes for stating the obvious vs 1301 for the perfect analogy? The real bug is in the voting algorithm.

Alien civilization discovered JavaScript and chose violence. Can't blame them. Any advanced species encountering a language where null == undefined but null !== undefined would reasonably conclude we're beyond salvation. The cosmic death sentence is just good garbage collection.

Content 78 What's the difference between JavaScript and Java? lava javascript 303 share edited Sep 4 40 at 19:29 Peter Mortensen 11.3k 16 78 110 asked Oct 28 '08 at 22:10 Guy 27.1k 0 77 0 213 275 408 One is essentially a toy, designed for writing small pieces of code, and traditionally used and abused bv Inexperienced programmers. The other is a scripting language for web browsers. share answered Oct 28 '08 at 22:14 Shog9 4 117k 30 197 225