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Javascript is fine, but as you already know, everybody wants to use his/her language of choice. And, more importantly, everybody should be able to choose the ri
by flavio81 9y ago
Javascript is fine, but as you already know, everybody wants to use his/her language of choice. And, more importantly, everybody should be able to choose the right language for the specific task.
What could happen, with WebAssembly, is the opposite: A wane in Javascript's popularity.
- stcredzero 9y agoWhat could happen, with WebAssembly, is the opposite: A wane in Javascript's popularity. If the right moves happen, possible. If the wrong moves happen, it will be the second coming of plugins. Languages based on WebAssembly have to be 1st class citizens in the browser infrastructure, otherwise it will be a repeat. This means that debugging has to be transparent. Access to the DOM has to be ultimately the same.
- flavio81 9y ago"If the wrong moves happen, it will be the second coming of plugins. " Oh my god, you sent me a flashback to the evil days of the Plugin-Based-Internet... .. the days of Flash versus Shockwave versus ActiveX versus Java Applet!!