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Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript

From Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript
Date 2026-07-20 08:08 +0000
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On Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:42:55 +0300, Mikko wrote:

> On 20/07/2026 02:29, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:40:07 +0300, Mikko wrote:
>>
>>> Much of what I said above is based on my experiences with various
>>> programming languages, including old and new Javascript.
>>
>> You still haven’t said what you consider to be “old” versus “new”
>> JavaScript.
>
> What was released 30 years ago is old. The current standard is new,
> at least until the next revison.

If I understand you correctly, are you saying that everything prior to
the latest version (16th edition, from June 2025 as of this writing),
is “old”?

So your idea of “new” JavaScript can never be much more than about a
year old?

That’s fine. The rest of us will continue to refer to “30 years of
JavaScript”. You do you.

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30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-24 01:52 +0000
  Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-13 16:12 +0300
    Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-13 22:31 +0000
      Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-14 09:59 +0300
        Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-14 07:27 +0000
        Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-07-18 04:51 +0200
    Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2026-07-14 10:50 +0100
      Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-14 22:12 +0000
        Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2026-07-15 11:01 +0100
    Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-07-18 04:46 +0200
      Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-19 11:40 +0300
        Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-19 23:29 +0000
          Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-20 09:42 +0300
            Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-20 08:08 +0000
              Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-21 08:57 +0300
                Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-21 23:08 +0000
                Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-22 09:39 +0300
            Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-07-27 14:20 +0200
        Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-07-27 14:19 +0200
  Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2026-07-13 14:46 +0000

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