Javascript needs to be retired
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It is a barrier to development

JavaScript Object Notation creator Douglas Crockford has said that JavaScript, the world’s most popular programming language has become a barrier to progress.

Developers love rust
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It never sleeps even when they do

Rust is still the most loved by developers according to Stack Overflow's annual survey of more than 73,000 developers from 180 countries.

JavaScript is most popular programming language
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East of Java now 

HackerRank released the 2019 edition of its annual Developer Skills Report and said that Javascript had overtaken Java as the world's most popular programming language.

Office 365 not be re-written in Javascript
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Vole admits enthusiasm gets a little out of hand

A Microsoft employee is in hot water after he tweeted that "all of Office 365" was being 'completely rewritten' in JavaScript.

Google confirms death of Octane
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No longer useful because developers cheat


Google has killed off its widely-used Octane JavaScript benchmark saying that it's no longer a useful way for browser developers to determine how best to optimise their JavaScript engines.

RedMonk blesses JavaScript as the world’s most popular language
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Followed by Java and Python


Beancounters at RedMonk have taken time out from their busy prayer wheels to create a list of the world’s most popular programming languages.

Chrome to be lighter on RAM
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Heavy shoppers might be able to multi-task

Heavy users of Chrome might actually be able to do something else on their high powered PCs and not find that their browser had eaten all their RAM with a side order of other systems resources.



The holes were small, they had to count them all

03 February 2014

Javascript unstoppable



Ecosystem being improved



Found all sorts of dodgy people