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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It was fine when it was contained to an actual web site instead of infecting desktop software too. To me, using JS for that purpose feels like using PHP to write a 3D video game.

[–] AbidanYre 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

using PHP to write a 3D video game.

Somewhere, someone just had a really bad idea.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago

It’s a general language (though primarily adopted by web as backend engine), so you can basically expect people already have had this idea.