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But why? I mean, I read the article and understand what will be done with it. But why? Is it just to take advantage of Python tools?
by dvdhnt 8y ago
But why? I mean, I read the article and understand what will be done with it. But why?
Is it just to take advantage of Python tools?
- mjmj 8y agoTheir blog post better explains their whys https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/04/pyodide-bringing-the-scientific-python-stack-to-the-browser/ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/04/pyodide-bringing-the-scien...
- microwavecamera 8y agoSo we can have other options besides Javascript for full stack development? It makes more sense to have a server-side language that runs in the browser than shoehorn a niche programming language made for web browsers into a general purpose server-side language.
- mixmastamyk 8y agoIt makes more sense, but that train left the station long ago.
- preordained 8y agoThis from the crowd that can barely stand a framework for 6 months before the luster wears off...but no, we can never ever cut ties with our 1995 Netscape roots. We can/should/must just rewrite all the OS in Rust though, says someone nearly every day...and this is no problem in HN logic...
- mixmastamyk 8y agoMultiple fallacies. Let’s see one of those ideas succeed and then we’ll talk.
- jillesvangurp 8y agoWrong question to ask. Ask why not. Failing to come up with a good answer means these things tend to happen if someone is willing to do the work. Python is pretty popular and running it in a browser makes sense if you are used to writing python and don't particularly like dealing with javascript. For most of the past 20 years javascript has been a necessary evil if you wanted to do stuff in a browser. Wasm is changing that into an unnecessary evil.