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This really was vapid clickbait drivel, though it was almost worth clicking the link just for Eric Elliott's hair (phenomenal!) and this astonishing piece of wisdom from the same hirsute genius:

"15. Choose your programming language wisely

JavaScript has the potential to help a lot of more people, because it's the most popular language in the world. If you write a library for JavaScript, it’s going to help a lot more people."

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Well, except for the part where it's not actually true:

http://langpop.com/

Javascript is, obviously, very widely deployed. But the idea that it's the most popular language in the world is laughable... it's the kind of myopic statement I'd expect from someone who comes from the web world and happily forgets about the millions and millions of lines of C, C++, and Java written every day, powering everything from web servers to cars to the very browser you're reading this in (or the engine that precious javascript runs on).

this just made my day :-D

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