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White House Petition Aims To Stop The Javascript Scourge
InformationWeek ^ | 3/27/2016 | Curtis Franklin Jr.

Posted on 03/27/2016 5:24:31 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie

Some programming languages are so bad, so dangerous, that the full weight of the US federal government must be brought to bear on ending their use. That's the premise of a petition now seeking signatures at the "We the People" section of the White House web site.

The petition, entered on the site March 16, 2016, asks the government to, "Outlaw programming languages that threaten the safety of the American people and work counter to our way of life." The petitioner is even kind enough to provide examples of these evil and dangerous languages.

Which programming languages deserve the fate normally reserved for terrorists and drug pushers? Javascript, Ruby, and Java are called out by name. According to the petition, "

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To: NCjim
Just ban crappy programmers.

Oh, thanks. Now I *know* you hate me. :)

21 posted on 03/27/2016 5:57:24 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is rabies. Anyone infected needs to be put down like a dog.)
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To: Lazamataz

Anyone who needs 1s to code doesn’t know what they’re doing.


22 posted on 03/27/2016 5:57:52 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: lafroste
Whatever happened to PHP, MySQL, and Apache? I knew those. Now I feel old.

PHP, and MySQL are server-side applications, Apache is a server OS. The dangerous stuff, like javascript and flash are applications run on YOUR computer, which is why they are dangerous.


23 posted on 03/27/2016 5:59:23 PM PDT by 867V309 (It's over. It's over now.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Now we’ve reached the point that we are developing new languages that ultimately get converted to Javascript, like TypeScript for Angular 2.


24 posted on 03/27/2016 5:59:25 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

I’m so good at development, my code renders to 0’s, 1’s, and 2’s.


25 posted on 03/27/2016 6:01:37 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is rabies. Anyone infected needs to be put down like a dog.)
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To: dfwgator

I gotta get into Angular and MVC.


26 posted on 03/27/2016 6:02:03 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is rabies. Anyone infected needs to be put down like a dog.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
If we are getting rid of languages, can Spanish be next?

Eh? Before arabic?

27 posted on 03/27/2016 6:03:23 PM PDT by null and void ("when authority began inspiring contempt, it had stopped being authority" ~ H. Beam Piper)
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To: Lazamataz
Anyone who likes PHP is a fan of thrown Scrabble tiles.

PHP is awesome, very human readable. It is what makes MYSQL database useful.


28 posted on 03/27/2016 6:04:07 PM PDT by 867V309 (It's over. It's over now.)
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To: Lazamataz

I just finished a course on Angular 2, with TypeScript with enforced types it’s more like coding a Java/.Net app. It’s still in beta, but I suspect it will be adopted very quickly.


29 posted on 03/27/2016 6:06:29 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Vic S
LISP is the only pure language, ban everything else. Especially Smalltalk and Ada.

If we're banning things on non-purity, then Smalltalk, as the only pure object oriented language, should stay. Java and all others should go. I'd like to say ban Ada on principle because it is the only American computer language developed by the government. But there have been a couple of good things developed from it. It is one of the most "provably correct" languages.

You can ban all C derived languages after C though.

30 posted on 03/27/2016 6:06:51 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer

I miss Commodore Basic:

LOAD “*”,8,1


31 posted on 03/27/2016 6:08:22 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Lazamataz

Java & Javascript are not the same thing.


32 posted on 03/27/2016 6:09:29 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: dfwgator

There are several languages that compile into Javascript now.


33 posted on 03/27/2016 6:11:15 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: smokingfrog

I sure know that bro. I’m a developer, and a skilled one. I don’t like either, but at least (modern) Java is typesafe and all versions are server-side.


34 posted on 03/27/2016 6:12:21 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is rabies. Anyone infected needs to be put down like a dog.)
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To: Vince Ferrer
You can ban all C derived languages after C though.

HELL TO THE NO.

You will pry my C#.Net 2013 IDE out of my cold, dead computer.

35 posted on 03/27/2016 6:13:36 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is rabies. Anyone infected needs to be put down like a dog.)
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To: 867V309

I might be thinking of Perl then. One of them looks like you angrily tossed scrabble tiles to the ground. :)


36 posted on 03/27/2016 6:14:16 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is rabies. Anyone infected needs to be put down like a dog.)
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To: NCjim
"Just ban crappy programmers."

I should get a job asking, "Would you like fries with that ?" ?

37 posted on 03/27/2016 6:15:43 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: dfwgator

Give me your course.


38 posted on 03/27/2016 6:15:48 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is rabies. Anyone infected needs to be put down like a dog.)
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To: Lazamataz

It’s on udemy.com

“The Complete Guide to Angular 2”

I love udemy.com. Each course should cost around $20, but they’re really good.


39 posted on 03/27/2016 6:17:24 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

If you love me, you’ll pay for my course.


40 posted on 03/27/2016 6:21:20 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is rabies. Anyone infected needs to be put down like a dog.)
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