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Dart's history of breaking on browser updates because of weird technical decisions really soured me on the idea of ever using it. It's apparently a really good
by kevingadd 8y ago
Dart's history of breaking on browser updates because of weird technical decisions really soured me on the idea of ever using it. It's apparently a really good language for native targets, but for the web...
https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/13285 https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/13285
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1027011 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1027011
I can't really blame the language designers, but it's a good example of how if your goal is to cross-compile you have to be very careful about how your language is going to interact with the realities of the platforms it runs on. The idea of my deployed websites or apps breaking every couple browser releases really bums me out. (I've had to deal with it with other cross-compilers too.)