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		faaef on March 22, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CoreUtils implemented in pure JavaScript I'm not talking necessarily about elegance, but performance, safety, the ability to run on embedded devices, a widely-available toolchain and so on. Apart from that, it's great to have a favorite language, but choosing a hammer for every task does not seem like the mark of a great craftsman for me.

oblio on March 22, 2016 [–]

I believe most people in every profession are not/do not aspire to be great craftsmen. And in the end, if their tools work, nobody cares outside of their immediate colleagues.

mobiuscog on March 22, 2016 | [–]

...and herein lies the problem.

callumlocke on March 23, 2016 | | [–]

What problem? I think we need a mixture of specialists and generalists

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