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

Math.random() was always in the spec: https://ecma-international.org/wp-content/uploads/ECMA-262_1st_edition_june_1997.pdf

[–] 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