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		dkuntz2 on Aug 22, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Specter – A minimal, elegant and free Markdown-ena... I would rather use PHP over JavaScript. I know that puts me in a smallish subset of people here, but I really don't like JavaScript.

noir_lord on Aug 22, 2013 [–]

Smallish subset here perhaps but then HN is not representative of the wider programming community.

I for one think JavaScript is an utterly hideous language full of all kinds of gotchas and abortions and that the only reason it has any relevance is it got their first.

I will take PHP over JS (and Python over both).

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