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		thesz on July 4, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Rise of "Worse is Better" As of importance, I boldly compare JS to Middle Ages' plague. It is very important but not the way it helps.

tmp43522 on July 4, 2011 [–]

So one of the first languages with closures to get huge mainstream popularity hasn't helped? right...

thesz on July 4, 2011 | [–]

Closures are too small an addition comparing to huge step back in semantics. Side effects in JS are irrepressible.

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