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> Few Web developers wanted Dart Do you just mean they didn't want the dart vm in browsers? Or the language? If the latter as well, I respectfully disagree. >
by markdog12 10y ago
> Few Web developers wanted Dart
Do you just mean they didn't want the dart vm in browsers? Or the language? If the latter as well, I respectfully disagree.
> Dart actively ignored outside feedback
Again, on the language or just having the vm in browsers?
- pcwalton 10y agoFew developers wanted either the language or the native support in browsers. Witness the success of e.g. TypeScript compared to Dart. There were plenty of issues in the Dart language, too. The way generics variance was deliberately unsound was bizarre, in particular, and they resisted attempts to fix it.
- markdog12 10y agoAs I'm sure you're aware, the better language doesn't always win the popularity contest. Typescript, being a superset of js still has a lot of its warts. Dart is more of a clean break.