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My view is that instead of running JS, browsers should run a standard bytecode with a well-defined and safe interface to the browser and managed access to the u
by peterashford 9y ago
My view is that instead of running JS, browsers should run a standard bytecode with a well-defined and safe interface to the browser and managed access to the user's machine. The article covers some of these concerns. I really think a byte code is the way to go, just so people can use whatever language they prefer. It is ridiculous that if I want to solve a problem on my computer I can use whatever language I like but if I want to write something on a browser - one of the most important IT systems in the world - I only have one choice.
- electric_sheep 9y agoWhat's your favored language? Because odds are good that it can compile to JS: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/wiki/list-of-languages-that-compile-to-js https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/wiki/list-of-langu...