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I like the JS bytecode idea, but it won't be as powerful as Java or .NET in terms of performance. Pertinent example: Flash improved its performance enormously
by 10ren 16y ago
I like the JS bytecode idea, but it won't be as powerful as Java or .NET in terms of performance.
Pertinent example: Flash improved its performance enormously from AS2 (ActionScript) to AS3, and one thing they did was add type info. Pertinent because AS is JS.
- mmastrac 16y agoECMAscript 4 was supposed to bring these features to Javascript, but it ended up dead due to standards-committee politics: http://ajaxian.com/archives/ecmascript-edition-4-brendan-speaks-out http://ajaxian.com/archives/ecmascript-edition-4-brendan-spe... http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/archives/2007/10/open_letter_to_chris_wilson.html http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/archives/2007/10/open... http://ajaxian.com/archives/the-future-of-ecmascript-3-is-4 http://ajaxian.com/archives/the-future-of-ecmascript-3-is-4
- fauigerzigerk 16y agoNo, not just due to standards-committee politics. Many people didn't like ECMAScript 4 for good reason. I read the spec. It's monstrous. I have hardly ever seen a language with so many overlapping, redundant, completely pointless language features. I'm glad it's dead and I hope it doesn't become undead one day.