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x86 Assembly -> C -> C++ -> JavaScript

edit: Okay, I get why I'm being downvoted. :) But I just wanted to say, apparently in a vague way, that evolutions happen. People don't invest their precious time just because something is "hip". Apparently they solve a problem of their predecessor.

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C++ to JS is a pretty huge jump. C++ -> Java -> JS might work better.

Don't forget the apparent JS -> Go

Hey you miss PHP, Ruby, Python. The new hotness is called Rust.

More like LISP -> ML's -> C++, Java, C#, Ocaml -> Rust, Julia, Clojure, and the other better ones. :P

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