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He dismissed Javascript rather quickly without really explaining why. Oh well, I guess it is javascript's lot in life to be hated and ignored. On the other hand

He dismissed Javascript rather quickly without really explaining why. Oh well, I guess it is javascript's lot in life to be hated and ignored. On the other hand, lua was a very good choice indeed. Lua and Javascript are very similar languages indeed- though I would say Lua is probably a lot less hairy and weird. A couple options he missed though- There was already a lua to javascript translator. (I think). There is also Pyjamas, which is a python to javascript compiler. It comes with a whole pile of gwt along with it, but you can honestly ditch most of it and just use the compiler if you really want to. (though some would argue that python without all the libraries isn't python).

lloeki 15y ago
> He dismissed Javascript rather quickly without really explaining why. Actually he did not, and visibly considered it a good contender, but wanted to look for other options before jumping to conclusions. In the end he simply did not go back to JS since Lua fit the bill.
shaggyfrog 15y ago
> Oh well, I guess it is javascript's lot in life to be hated and ignored. Ten years ago, maybe. Today, JS is almost ubiquitous, thanks especially to the growth of AJAX. Never mind that tech like V8 has blazed new trails for JS far beyond the browser.