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I think it will be like back end, a mix of Java/C#/C++. JS isn't a great language, it's only popular because you can't use anything else on the web. The massiv
by throwaway189262 6y ago
I think it will be like back end, a mix of Java/C#/C++.
JS isn't a great language, it's only popular because you can't use anything else on the web. The massive popularity of Typescript, even though it's only syntax sugar on top of JS, shows that the language leaves a lot to be desired.
It doesn't support threading, doesn't compile, has garbage standard library. And it's slower and more memory hungry than languages with these features like C# and Java.
There's talk of adding a "universal" GC to WASM. When this happens you'll see "traditional" enterprise languages invade enmasse