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Users hate thick client apps. [Citation Needed] Personally I just want to see a decent bytecode VM defined as a web standard so that I can write in any langua

Users hate thick client apps. [Citation Needed] Personally I just want to see a decent bytecode VM defined as a web standard so that I can write in any language that compiles down to it. And it needs to not be locked to any one vendor. Sorry Adobe and Microsoft.

tptacek 18y ago
Why not just compile down to Javascript? Research compilers don't compile to assembly; they compile to C.
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y ago
  That's definitely an option. It just feels to me like going around your elbow to get to your knee.
  - tptacek 18y ago
    It seems extremely unlikely that Microsoft, Mozilla, Apple, and Opera are going to agree on a cross-browser VM while Javascript, Flash, Silverlight and Java are floating around. I think we're stuck with Javascript for the next 10 years.
    - LogicHoleFlaw 18y ago
      You're probably right. Let's convene again in a decade then?