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		pharke on March 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JavaScript's world domination There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses. --Bjarne Stroustrup [1] [1] A standard complaint deserves a standard response.

_hgt1 on March 25, 2015 [–]

(And a third: Python ;)

pluma on March 25, 2015 | [–]

As a former Pythonista, I disagree.

Some Python programmers complain about Python 2.

Some Python programmers complain about Python 3.

Everybody complains about the GIL.

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