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#160 – Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave
Lex Fridman Podcast
JavaScript Is a Fundamental Principle of the Internet
I used to struggle with this, because JavaScript was done in such a hurry. And the force of web compatibility meant early mistakes couldn't be fixed. But it also, I think, was a huge advantage why JavaScript has kind of swept a lot of programming domains. It's more like, again, like biology, you preserve what still works. You don't want to break ATP metabolism or whatever.
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