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@ -152,19 +152,17 @@ Is it right for many, and perhaps most, web applications? We certainly think so
Now we get to the most emotionally charged claim made in the talk: that "the ship has sailed" on javascript, and that
we should accept that it will be the dominant programming language in web development going forward.
Mr. Harris believes that it will be [edge computing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_computing) that will be the
driver that finally eliminates the remaining scattered opposition to javascript.
We are not so sure about that.
Mr. Harris believes that it will be [edge computing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_computing) that will deliver the
final blow to the nails in many programming languages coffins.
To the contrary, we do not expect edge computing to figure in the majority of web applications for the foreseeable future.
Or, frankly, ever. CPU is cheap, network speeds are increasing and microservices are a mess. Don't @ us.
Or, frankly, ever. CPU is cheap, network speeds are fast and increasing and microservices are a mess. Don't @ us.
And, contra what Mr. Harris says, today the [trend is not obviously in javascripts favor](https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends?tags=java%2Cc%2Cc%2B%2B%2Cpython%2Cc%23%2Cvb.net%2Cjavascript%2Cassembly%2Cphp%2Cperl%2Cruby%2Cvb%2Cswift%2Cr%2Cobjective-c). Five years ago, we, as founding members
of the javascript resistance, were despairing of any hope of stopping the Javascript juggernaut.
But then something unexpected and wonderful happened: Python took off and, from the looks of it, javascript has, well,
flat lined:
of the javascript resistance, were despairing of any hope of stopping the Javascript juggernaut. But then something
unexpected happened: Python took off and, at the same time, javascript flat lined:
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