[OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

[cl at isbd.net]

Ned Batchelder <ned at nedbatchelder.com> wrote:
> On Friday, March 25, 2016 at 5:17:21 PM UTC-4, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> > cl at isbd.net wrote:
> > 
> > > Occasionally I have to make forays into Javascript, can anyone
> > > recommend a place similar to this list where Javascript questions can
> > > be asked?  The trouble is that there are very many usenet Javascript
> > > lists and it's difficult to guess which one[es] might be good.
> > 
> > There is no Javascript. 
> > 
> > There are no Usenet lists.
> > 
> > This is not only a Python *mailing* list, it is also mirrored as an 
> > international Usenet _newsgroup_, <news:comp.lang.python> (which I am 
> > reading).
> > 
> > If you can accept all of that, then the international Usenet _newsgroup_ 
> > <news:comp.lang.javascript> (where I am posting primarily) is for you.
> > So are other national/language-specific newsgroups on the JavaScripts and 
> > other ECMAScript implementations.  In your newsreader, search for newsgroups 
> > whose name contains "javascript".
> > 
> > Next time, read <news:news.answers> and STFW first, and get a real name.
> 
> Chris, I apologize for Thomas.  His main goal on this list seems to be
> pointing out when people are wrong, over the smallest details.  His
> secondary goal is enforcing some imaginary rule about real names, though
> he couldn't be bothered to read your post thoroughly enough to discover yours.
> 
> Thomas is not typical of the Python community. We are mostly nice people. :)
> 
Yes, I know, this is one of my favourite groups/lists.  Just about
every question I have ever asked here has received really helpful
replies.  Even this one has, though it does seem to have stirred a bit
of a hornet's nest at the same time.  :-)

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Chris Green
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