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Indeed, the person you're replying may have experienced a parse error, but this isn't the same person as the one who claimed it's an oxymoron. Maybe they made
by ludocode 6y ago
Indeed, the person you're replying may have experienced a parse error, but this isn't the same person as the one who claimed it's an oxymoron.
Maybe they made that claim because an alternative to Electron probably still uses HTML5 and JavaScript, and HTML5 and JavaScript are huge so it's hard to believe such a thing could be lightweight.
- cxr 6y agoAnyone who says "JavaScript" is "huge" needs to be asked to both qualify and then substantiate the claim (along with the implicit suggestion that they have any idea what they're talking about, instead of just trying to participate in the pile-on with cheap remarks).
- detaro 6y agoThere's javascript runtimes for MCUs with <16MB of RAM (no, they are not the same as V8 in Chrome/Node/Electron, but that's the point: large range with many possible solution sizes)