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		jacquesm 30 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: RCE Vulnerability in React and Next.js Maybe one day we'll look back at JavaScript and conclude it was a gigantic mistake ship unaudited executable code to a few billion people every day.

rglover 29 days ago [–]

JavaScript is fine, it's what and how people build with it that's the problem. It was never meant to be a systems language but we're desperate to make it one.

jacquesm 29 days ago | [–]

In light of this discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46141771

that is an interesting observation.

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