not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 10 days agoPOV: You maintain a JS library that 80% of modern web infrastructure uses as a dependency.lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1438arrow-down11
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minus-squaremeekah@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·10 days agoPretty sure many codebases running today (even JS ones) are older
minus-squareSv443@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 days agoMath.random() was always in the spec: https://ecma-international.org/wp-content/uploads/ECMA-262_1st_edition_june_1997.pdf
minus-square[email protected]@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoRemember IE? Yeah. Probably responsible for a lot of now-superfluous things like this theory suggests.
minus-squaremeekah@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoGotta admit, didn’t think it was that old
minus-squareAjen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 days agoHow many JS codebases are over 30 years old? Can you name even one?
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoAnd? I don’t know how to check but I’d guess math.random was included from the beginning.
Pretty sure many codebases running today (even JS ones) are older
Math.random() was always in the spec: https://ecma-international.org/wp-content/uploads/ECMA-262_1st_edition_june_1997.pdf
Remember IE? Yeah. Probably responsible for a lot of now-superfluous things like this theory suggests.
Gotta admit, didn’t think it was that old
How many JS codebases are over 30 years old? Can you name even one?
And? I don’t know how to check but I’d guess math.random was included from the beginning.