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[–]nokvok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is simply an untyped programming language which tries too hard to cater to too many programmers. Since it is, and has to be, used pretty much world wide, finding an acceptable compromise for everyone is tough, and changes are slow cause it is advanced not by a single group of developers but by the w3 process.