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If you are not too picky, there's always JavaScript and Canvas.
by forinti 9y ago
If you are not too picky, there's always JavaScript and Canvas.
- Piskvorrr 9y agoThat's "without prerequisites" nowadays? Interesting. In my world, this requires installing one of the most complex pieces of software in existence (a web browser, plus its dependencies), on top of a graphical OS (also a highly complex network of interdependencies).
- Something1234 9y agoYeah, but installing a browser is easy, compared to setting up depends for other environments.
- owl57 9y agoThere's the same implied prerequisite as with BASIC: you need a personal computer. I mean, you seem to know how to uninstall the browser from your laptop, but is not doing that a meaningful prerequisite?
- Turing_Machine 9y ago> In my world, this requires installing one of the most complex pieces of software in existence (a web browser, plus its dependencies), on top of a graphical OS (also a highly complex network of interdependencies). In most people's world (where "most" is probably > 95%), their computer comes with those things already installed.
- Piskvorrr 9y agoComplex architectural stacks have costs beyond install in most people's world: how many layers of indirection between <canvas> and actually drawing on the screen? That's a lot of cycles spent doing busywork.
- n-gauge 9y agoor just straight DOM: javascript:for(i=4051;i--;)document.write(i%~80?'&#'+(9585+new Date%i%2):'<p style=margin:-.5em>')