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If Javascript is the target and the baseline benchmark, I wonder what is the rationale not using Javascript directly? Surely, the Python syntax is not the sole
by sinuhe69 4y ago
If Javascript is the target and the baseline benchmark, I wonder what is the rationale not using Javascript directly? Surely, the Python syntax is not the sole motivation, isn’t it?
- yedpodtrzitko 4y agoJS has its own warts, what better way to avoid them than not going that way in first place? Plus JS is still evolving, so devs would need to play catch-up to support all the latest features.
- andsoitis 4y ago> Plus JS is still evolving … very, very slowly. What language isn’t evolving?
- pull_my_finger 4y agoI think most people would disagree with that. The ecmascript versions even changed their naming from numbered to release year reference because they wanted to move fast and acknowledge a commitment to consistent/frequent release cycle. That's why they moved from es6 naming to say es2015 etc. Compare that to something like Lua which is notoriously slow and deliberate with changes. I tend to think with JS's willingness to adopt any and every hot/contemporary programming trend and it's inability to purge anything (or "break the web"), it's unfortunately destined to age like milk, but I guess time will tell.