4 ms·
Seems like they weren't bad enough to prevent success, plus what were the alternatives? In Javascript's case, maybe Python since it has quite a similar runtime
by jstimpfle 3y ago
Seems like they weren't bad enough to prevent success, plus what were the alternatives? In Javascript's case, maybe Python since it has quite a similar runtime model. But was Python of fhe 2000's really better suited than Javascript at the time? And hasn't Javascript caught up considerably? Same for PHP?
- pjmlp 3y agoThe alternatives never had an opportunity, given that free beer OS with source code (C), only implementatation available (JavaScript), only language available on cheap ISP hosting without additional infrastructure costs (PHP), closed the door to them.
- jstimpfle 3y agoPlenty of opportunities. The alternatives could just have created a mod_php equivalent. I can't imagine ISPs "closing the doors" to newcomer languages, the market should have been competitive enough to allow for penetration. The thing is that productivity of a language depends on many factors, including many softer ones that are typically forgotten or discounted by language geeks. It also depends on the target audience. In some important ways, PHP was/is brilliant. A technically brilliant language should be able to recognize the adoption driver mechanisms and build the necessary infrastructure. The point of a language is not (only) to build a theoretically sound framework, but to be an ergonomic vehicle for expression of ideas.