Somebody made up a "Rule of Least Power", which is taken as some sort of axiom, and then this article gets going from there without questioning the axiom further.
Yeah, why not. But consider this: JavaScript exists because the axiom does not hold for the web. Or rather, a programming language is the least power you need for a general platform such as the web.
I know the name. I am not impressed by his reasoning. I mean, HTML and CSS being the result of the rule of least power? CSS is a mess, and there is nothing least about it.
I have no idea what CSS 1.0 looked like, but I suspect it was an entirely different world when he made that statement. At that time, the web was really just blobs of text with the most minimal formatting. Not the basis for trillion dollar companies that want pixel perfect alignment.
Yeah, why not. But consider this: JavaScript exists because the axiom does not hold for the web. Or rather, a programming language is the least power you need for a general platform such as the web.