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Surma, this is a really well-researched and well-presented video, and you definitely do mention my points below 👇  , but it wasn't until I listened to this Changelog podcast last week that I realized just how pervasive browser-oriented thinking goes into the Deno design.  You made a great video 💯 🙂 

Really enjoyed this.  You mention this in the video, but something I didn't realize until last week is Deno's core philosophy of: "Stick to existing web standards", and how that impacts all the decisions they make. 

So they chose that import syntax because that's how the web does it, they chose the security model of the Deno process to make it similar to the web*, etc..  The reason that Deno doesn't introduce more file formats or have specific config files is because that's how the web works**.  The main exception to this is TypeScript, which Ryan Dahl has actually said is his biggest REGRET about Deno***!


* In the future, they plan on changing Deno to prompt the user for more permissions instead of crashing, like how browsers do it.  Source: https://github.com/thechangelog/transcripts/blob/master/podcast/the-changelog-443.md#:~:text=Ryan%20Dahl%3A%20Yeah%2C%20I%20should,you%20opt%20into%20additional%20privileges

** Sources: https://github.com/thechangelog/transcripts/blob/master/podcast/the-changelog-443.md#:~:text=Ryan%20Dahl%3A%20%5B00%3A32,you%20ever%20get%20started , https://github.com/thechangelog/transcripts/blob/master/podcast/the-changelog-443.md#:~:text=Adam%20Stacoviak%3A%20This,you%20say%20that%3F

* * * Source: https://github.com/thechangelog/transcripts/blob/master/podcast/the-changelog-443.md#:~:text=Ryan%20Dahl%3A%20This,extension%20to%20JavaScript


I would highly recommend this podcast episode, as it's one of the only podcasts Ryan has ever done https://changelog.com/podcast/443