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The vast majority of the programs in the world are written in Javascript, and there's no way for you to "run" them if by that you mean "natively".
by maratc 5y ago
The vast majority of the programs in the world are written in Javascript, and there's no way for you to "run" them if by that you mean "natively".
- smoldesu 5y agoI'm comfortable making that distinction. JavaScript isn't executed like normal, native code, so... I still agree.
- maratc 5y agoWhen the majority of programs in the world can't be "run" according to your definition, you might want to reconsider your definition.
- robbedpeter 5y agoYou're redefining the terms, native and interpreted programs are differentiated by the execution layer, and it has nothing to do with where a majority of programs live.
- ithkuil 5y agoSince we're enjoying a nitpick picnic you can compile JS AOT to Java with rhino and then to native code with GCJ
- andrewxdiamond 5y ago> The vast majority of the programs in the world are written in Javascript Where is this coming from? What about the literal thousands and thousands of programs on your OS right now? Or the thousands of systems that power large corporations that predate JavaScript popularity? Sure the language is popular right now, but software development has a much longer history than the last 10 years
- saagarjha 5y agoThey’re talking about the web.