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I've heard people predict that the future of the web is to replace userland, to make every program cross-platform and sandboxed close to the metal, and for Java

by _bxg1 8y ago

I've heard people predict that the future of the web is to replace userland, to make every program cross-platform and sandboxed close to the metal, and for JavaScript to fade into a family of "web"-targeted languages. Looks like it's happening.

millstone 8y ago
In this scenario, what's the point of having more than one OS?
- Yoric 8y ago
  For end-users, I'm not convinced that there is one. Well, besides keeping competition/innovation alive.
- Jach 8y ago
  Differences of opinion in what/how to run code outside of whatever browser people decide the sandbox boundaries are.
- int_19h 8y ago
  Same as with POSIX - different implementations of the same standardized interface that target different hardware, and have different quality of implementation (possibly optimized for different use cases).