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Mono with support for NaCL sounds interesting. Does that mean though the browser will have to download Mono every time it encounters a web app that's written in
by hencq 15y ago
Mono with support for NaCL sounds interesting. Does that mean though the browser will have to download Mono every time it encounters a web app that's written in e.g. C#? Or will it only have to download the C# bytecode?
On a slight tangent, I've always wondered why Java (or other JVM languages) couldn't make a comeback on the client side. Instead of having Applets that run sort of isolated from the browser, you could just expose the DOM.
- nikcub 15y agoYou could host Mono once at a single URL and then include it. It will be cached by the browser just like any other resource. Unlike javascript libraries, there will be more of an incentive to use a single CDN/hosting point, since the package is likely to be a bit larger
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoPresumably it would be a stripped down version of Mono. The .NET Micro Framework is about 300k, for example.
- cyrus_ 15y agoOn your second question, they've tried that with things like JavaFX Script. Not sure why there isn't uptake.