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Then we'd have the web relying on VBScript. If you stop Microsoft from doing that, well… the market was still changing quickly enough some other browser might'v
by gsnedders 9y ago
Then we'd have the web relying on VBScript. If you stop Microsoft from doing that, well… the market was still changing quickly enough some other browser might've done it and got traction.
- megaman22 9y agoMicrosoft would have eventually yanked VBScript, and we'd be coding in C# for the browser now...
- Cthulhu_ 9y agoYou know, I think that wouldn't even be such a bad idea. It's got types and it's reasonably static, meaning it can be optimized a lot more than JS can - in fact, Dart was created in part because its more Java / C#-like structure could be run in a much more optimized fashion than Javascript could. And it was invented (iirc) by the guy who made V8, so if anyone knows anything about the limitations of JS's run speed, it was him.
- cakes 9y agoSilverlight didn't really thrive though...
- zingmars 9y agoMaybe if we keep going back and fixing it we'll find a solution that works. Worth a try.
- andrewflnr 9y agoCareful. That way lies PHP as client side language. Or Befunge. Don't mess with Time.
- Cthulhu_ 9y agohttps://phpjs.hertzen.com/ https://phpjs.hertzen.com/ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- andrewflnr 9y agoUsername checks out.
- jcranmer 9y agoOr everyone would just use Flash.
- Cthulhu_ 9y agoor Java applets.