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POV: You maintain a JS library that 80% of modern web infrastructure uses as a dependency. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Pretty sure that math.random is decades old.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pretty sure OP’s image is hyperbole.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Right. I'd agree this is a thing that happens, I just thought you were addressing this one in particular

[–] meekah@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Pretty sure many codebases running today (even JS ones) are older

[–] Sv443@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 1 points 1 day ago

Remember IE? Yeah. Probably responsible for a lot of now-superfluous things like this theory suggests.

[–] meekah@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

Gotta admit, didn't think it was that old

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

How many JS codebases are over 30 years old? Can you name even one?

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

And? I don't know how to check but I'd guess math.random was included from the beginning.