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Open standards are nice, and Javascript is in many ways better than Java or C# (but not better than F#, for example). But I am a professional programmer, and fr
by stupidsignup 16y ago
Open standards are nice, and Javascript is in many ways better than Java or C# (but not better than F#, for example). But I am a professional programmer, and from my point of view Javascript is still a boring mess. Heterogeneity is the key, and native apps will rule. After all, that's what protocols are for, to mediate between different entities. I want to be able to create content that is not limited to technologies imposed by the W3C.
- exit 16y agoit's definitely a mess (i distinctly recall recoiling from my keyboard when i realized an array of numbers was being sorted lexically), but what do you mean by boring?
- stupidsignup 16y agoFor example, I continuously found myself often type stuff like var me = this ...some local function body that uses me... Probably "boring" is the wrong word. "Tiring" is more to the point.