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On 22/05/2015 17:31, Tony the Tiger wrote:
> On Sat, 23 May 2015 00:58:17 +1000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>> I get after a couple of hours is that Javascript tries really hard to do
>> everything it can for you except what you actually want.
>
> You just described a certain operating system, which shall remain
> nameless.
>
>
>   /Grrr
>

It could be any of *nix, OSX or Windows as VMS is still vastly superior.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence