October 30, 2024
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Ask most developers what their favourite programming language is, and JavaScript isn’t likely to be near the top.
As far back as six years ago, Scott Hanselman, vice president of developer community at Microsoft, was saying “JavaScript is not the language we deserve but it is the language we have.” Hanselman told LeadDev that it’s an assessment he stands by today.
The most recent Stack Overflow survey suggests that while 62% of devs use JavaScript, just 58% say they admire it, compared to 82% of Rust users, or 68% with Python.
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October 30, 2024
