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It's really a shame that JS has stuck around so long. Google is right to be looking into allowing developers to create something usable in the browser without h
by cookiecaper 16y ago
It's really a shame that JS has stuck around so long. Google is right to be looking into allowing developers to create something usable in the browser without having to use JavaScript or Flash.
Even Brendan Eich openly talks about JS's flaws and admits that it lacks a lot of important things, mostly attributable because he had only a few weeks to compose something to stop Netscape from doing "something worse". See http://www.jwz.org/blog/2010/10/every-day-i-learn-something-new-and-stupid/ http://www.jwz.org/blog/2010/10/every-day-i-learn-something-... .
I greatly anticipate the day when I script a web page in Python instead of JavaScript.
- damncabbage 16y agoMr Eich in the comments responding to someone accusing them of screwing up Javascript and selling out: "But at the time, mostly we felt the need to move very quickly, not to make money but because we knew Microsoft was coming after us. Microsoft low-balled Netscape in late '94, and the Jims (Clark and Barksdale) told them to pound sand. After that, we felt the monster truck riding up on our little Yugo's rear bumper, month by month. "If you appreciate this and it is accurate, consider that JavaScript (please, not "JScript") saved you from VBScript."