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		jahewson on Feb 25, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Analytics: Stop feeding the beast Why compare a web browser with a programming language? An equivalently rich OS would be a meaningful comparison, built with full debug symbols.

carapace on Feb 25, 2021 [–]

> Why compare a web browser with a programming language?

Javascript?

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