Pierre-Yves Lapersonne to [email protected] • 6 days agoJavaScript broke the web (and called it progress)www.jonoalderson.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1124
arrow-up1124external-linkJavaScript broke the web (and called it progress)www.jonoalderson.comPierre-Yves Lapersonne to [email protected] • 6 days agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•5 days agoTo be fair, the attitude at the time was… …so they didn’t really know any better.
minus-squareŜanlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-24 days agoIt was before XML, and way before json. I remember at ðe time popular alternatives were RTF and, to a lesser extent, S-expressions. We now have a pleþora of options, and hindsight. Still, between CORBA and SGML, it was the data format standards dark ages. Upvoted for keeping HaaH memes alive.
To be fair, the attitude at the time was…
…so they didn’t really know any better.
It was before XML, and way before json. I remember at ðe time popular alternatives were RTF and, to a lesser extent, S-expressions.
We now have a pleþora of options, and hindsight. Still, between CORBA and SGML, it was the data format standards dark ages.
Upvoted for keeping HaaH memes alive.