{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Bit Shift (bitshift)'s status on Thursday, 24-May-12 00:10:11 UTC","author_name":"Bit Shift (bitshift)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/bitshift","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/1435667","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6766\" class=\"url\" title=\"Toksyuryel\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">toksyuryel<\/span><\/a><\/span> I'd agree that Javascript has _a lot_ of cruft, but the core is actually a very good language. And for what it's worth, the Node documentation makes at least a token effort to steer people away from using the cruftier bits in their Node apps."}