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Has any other platform been an open standard that ends up being table stakes for any new entrant? C, Java. Far more computers run C than run Javascript.
by ktRolster 10y ago
Has any other platform been an open standard that ends up being table stakes for any new entrant?
C, Java. Far more computers run C than run Javascript.
- esrauch 10y agoNumber of machines that can run code written in the language isn't really the best metric for realistic portability. Sure, your toaster might run C and not JS, but it isn't going on run your C anyway.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoMy browser isn't running my JavaScript, it's running yours. In fact, the capability to run my own code in my own browser is being slowly but systematically removed from the browser.
- esrauch 10y agoWhen I said "you" I meant "the developer" not "the user": the class of devices that run C and not JS is also a class of devices that generally don't run third party code. If you aren't a hardware manufacturer (or trying to sell middleware to one) the fact the embedded systems run binaries that were programmed in C isn't in any way relevant.
- c22 10y agoIf only that toaster had a web browser.
- moron4hire 10y agoYeah, good luck getting that Qt app running on an iPhone.
- tedunangst 10y agohttp://doc.qt.io/qt-5/ios-support.html http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/ios-support.html
- divanvisagie 10y agoWow , that was beautiful
- ktRolster 10y agoQT is not C