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		hot_gril on Jan 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Cassette, a Personal Programming Language Yes, it's an example of not letting perfection get in the way of good. They made something accessible, and the finer details got worked out later.

hot_gril on Jan 3, 2024 | [–]

The other thing is, JS was designed with the web use case in mind. If I ever make a language, it'll be for some new use case that really needs one, perhaps some extension of SQL. And it'll prioritize ease of use in that case over "purity" or other principles.

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