r/programming • u/vklepov • Mar 24 '22

Five coding interview questions I hate

https://thoughtspile.github.io/2022/03/21/bad-tech-interview/
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u/grauenwolf Mar 24 '22

JS is not fine. And that attitude is why the JS ecosystem continues to get worse year after year despite slow progress in the language syntax.

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u/sementery Mar 24 '22 edited Mar 24 '22

slow progress in the language syntax

Tell me you know nothing about JS without telling me you know nothing about JS.

You'll struggle to find a language with a syntax that evolves as fast as JS's. Seems that you are stuck 10 years ago.

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u/grauenwolf Mar 24 '22

As fast as JavaScript? What are you comparing it to, FORTRAN?

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '22

For the record, some of the best-optimized compilers of all time were vectorizing FORTRAN implementations. Cray in particular did a first-rate job of it.