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I think he is talking about badly written JS code serving the APIs and the overhead of it. Of course it's hard to debate whether JS, Java or PHP is most ineffi
by chakkepolja 5y ago
I think he is talking about badly written JS code serving the APIs and the overhead of it.
Of course it's hard to debate whether JS, Java or PHP is most inefficient in that regard.
- onion2k 5y agoI strongly believe that the efficiency of an API is 1% down to the language it's coded in, and 99% down to who coded it.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoYes and no; while it's still true that you can write FORTRAN in any language, there are network effects that mean the effort required to write efficient code is different per language/community/framework.
- labster 5y agoCorollary: The average API is far less efficient than the languages you like to complain about their efficiency.
- ComputerGuru 5y agoI think that’s true if you take a no dependencies approach but as soon as you tap into the ecosystem the argument is lost.
- onion2k 5y agoNot really. It still depends on who coded it. It's just that there's more people involved now.