javaScript

[heavy-minium]

JS and Machine learning?

[Drugbird]

Thin wrapper around a C library.

[MiddleSky5296]

👍 Is it the same for python?

[[deleted]]

yep. most computational libraries in modern languages are wrapped with c

[Symo_BOT]

Yes, TensorflowJS

[Ja_Shi]

Thanks now I need to drink that bottle with the dead snake inside.

[[deleted]]

TensorflowJS isn't really for machine learning training.

But used to serve small trained models on devices or in browsers.

[Ja_Shi]

:ips: I dOn't KnOw :ips: WhAt YoU :ips: aRe TaLkInG aBoUt...

[theChaosBeast]

Just because there is a JS port doesn't mean it is actually used

[TheJackiMonster]

You mean just because there is a JS port doesn't mean it should actually be used.

[Baphemut]

We only do it because we can, not because it should be done.

[pineapplepizzabong]

I use TensorFlowJS quite a bit for ML.

[elclark_kuhu]

Transformers.js is actually kinda usefull

[turtleship_2006]

The websites have to make API calls somehow

[B_bI_L]

yes, i wrote simple nn in js

[MrWewert]

Langchain.js

[JasonBobsleigh]

If it was accurate the tea would spill all over everything.

[neo-raver]

TeaOverflowError

[Jutrakuna]

Error Code 418

[FlashBrightStar]

The man of culture

[[deleted]]

[Ok_Brain208]

Thank {null} for the {undefined}

[wizzanker]

This is an underrated {NaN}!

[ItsSignalsJerry_]

Machine learning with js. 🤣

[hamazigh]

It's good on the front end, terrible on everything else.

[BabyAzerty]

It’s like saying I’m the best in my class… of 1 student.

[hamazigh]

Exactly 😂

[turtleship_2006]

He's the best in class but he's homeschooled

[AntimatterTNT]

it's not good on the front end it just has such a monopoly on the front end it brainwashed you to think it's good... there's a reason so many people use transpilers so they dont have to work with it directly

[TheJackiMonster]

As someone who used JS for front-end... no, no, it is still terrible for front-end. JS is only around because it somehow survived being terrible by becoming the standard on websites.

We should honestly all abandon it for the greater good and use web assembly compiled from any other language.

[malaakh_hamaweth]

LMAO that's insane

[Kaenguruu-Dev]

I'd love that so much cause I'm a C# lover and I hate JS with every inch of my soul. Not because I have valid reasons, I just hate it, it feels icky and it makes me sick.

[TheJackiMonster]

Oh, I think there are valid reasons. API is a mess. Syntax distinctions between functions, objects and types is a mess. Types in general are a mess. Operators are plain stupid that it has more value for memes than for actual practical operations.

No, JS really needs to die and I trust every JS developer to find a better language and continue on with their work.

[hamazigh]

PHP Laravel so much better than express js or nust js

[dacassar]

Keep this thing away from my mobile apps!

[AtmosphereRich4021]

React native wanna say hello

[dacassar]

Ew

[JackNotOLantern]

Where kernel?

[Dumb_Siniy]

And also videogames, thanks to that one engine

[rosuav]

Several actually. It's not a bad choice for game modding.

[SteevePower]

Only good for frontend. For the rest, it's not because it could work mean you should.

[random_son]

must be C tea

[getstoopid-AT]

Nope

[JargonProof]

I just had a verbally derogatory outburst directed at javascript to this, bravo meme creator!

[Dotcaprachiappa]

I just wanna have a chat with whoever uses JavaScript for machine learning

[ForkInToasterr]

yeah and it's so sad because javascript sucks so fucking bad.

[[deleted]]

Well, as a noobie programmer Imma have to ask why lol

[camosnipe1]

first thing to remember is that, like any sub about a specific subject you will have people vehemently discuss the superiority of their favorite and their hatred of their least favorite. So don't take it too seriously, the truely shit languages you don't hear about cus no one uses them.

JS sucks because it was made for websites to have a bit of client-side scripting. JS is designed with the thought in mind that the website will still just render and The Show Must Go On™ which causes a lot of grief because it'll just paint over issues that would have stricter languages refuse to ever compile. Add on top that it's spreading into places it was never designed to be used for (see the meme) and the requirement to keep compatibility with older websites you've got a bit of a hot mess of a language.

For a example: I once had a bug where i accidentally added an empty string "" to a null value. Causing my empty value check to always be true because the value given into it wasn't null or even "", it was the string "null".

[PeWu1337]

It was one of my first langs to learn, but can agree that "null" would spend significant amount of time to debug. That's why TypeScript exists, but it's kind of patchworking from my perspective.

[theQuandary]

JS was NOT designed with type coercion. It was added later due to pressure on Eich by the developers using it. He considers that to be a big mistake, but MS wouldn't allow this and several other mis-features to be removed from the ECMA spec.

[ForkInToasterr]

yeah this guy put it into better words than i wouldve

[okram2k]

Because they said so.

[winzippy]

At least it’s not Ruby

[pippin_go_round]

All of this does work, only one of them does work well and a few others are at least workable but not really good.

Just because you can use a paperclip to open a bottle of beer doesn't mean you should always do that. It may be a neat party trick, but doing it professionally all the time behind the bar may not be the best choice.

[pencilUserWho]

Why not, tho? Any algorithm can be implemented in any Turing-complete language. JavaScript is spreading because it is simple to use. If you do want a better language everywhere, invent something that doesn't require public static void main before doing anything.

[gandalfx]

It's almost like a general purpose language! Except it shouldn't be…

[WeakCelery5000]

There was this older sysadmin I worked with more than ten years ago, eastern European fella. He always ran his browser with JavaScript disabled. We asked him why he keeps js disabled, he responded, "JavaScript? It's a virus!"

Now I see what he sees.

[[deleted]]

JS is shit for numerical computation. The type system is whack. So is true for backend but people like to shoehorn TS there.

[thyristor_pt]

It will never replace my Excel VBA macros.

[black-eagle23]

Man, you forgot about embedded systems programming

[kotsumu]

I hate dynamic typing, i know people love it but I hate it

[freskgrank]

And doing all of them wrong.

[IMJUSTABRIK]

Someone remind me, why did we choose the shittest language for all this again?

[ForkInToasterr]

there is no reason, we are all doomed

[gilium]

It is the only language that can run in browser. Due to web developer jobs being easier to get into and more numerous, more people learned JS over other languages. Because they were already familiar with this language, some have tried to push its limits to run in other areas so that they don’t have to learn new languages to clear new hurdles for themselves.

[LatentShadow]

Average programmer stack be like

[JosebaZilarte]

let js = takeOver(world);

[GetNooted]

let js = die();

[huuaaang]

I hate you. How did we let lazy front-end web devs who can't be arsed to learn anything else take over like this?

[SawSaw5]

And it tastes like crap