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> Performance - no compromises, VIM is fast, and ONI should be fast too. – the Readme Yeah, that's why you use JS and Electron, right?
by linopolus 9y ago
> Performance - no compromises, VIM is fast, and ONI should be fast too. – the Readme
Yeah, that's why you use JS and Electron, right?
- SquareWheel 9y agoWhat do you mean? Javascript is incredibly fast.
- ftxrcc 9y ago"incredibly fast" What
- SquareWheel 9y agoHave you not looked at benchmarks? It's one of, if not the fastest interpreted language. V8 is baked into Electron (and Node), which means Electron can also take advantage of this speed. High memory usage I'll give you, but calling it a slow language is very misguided.
- linopolus 9y agoMy bad.. ..and that's why you use no compiled language, right?
- SquareWheel 9y agoI do use compiled languages, but there's many different tools for the job. Interpreted languages offer a number of features over compiled, and that makes it an attractive option in many situations. In the case of JS, the biggest draw is probably platform portability and the amount of existing code to utilize. That and speed, as already mentioned.