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"We need to write the same app multiple times for each platform" no we do not We might have to in some circumstances, but that is a pretty terrible goal

• jlarocco 15y ago
  Actually, Javascript isn't the greatest example for cross-platform compatibility. Assuming you're giving out the code (because Javascript has to...) there are more platforms with good C and C++ compilers than there are platforms with good Javascript interpreters. The Wikipedia page for V8 [1] doesn't even list Solaris as a supported OS, for example. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V8_(JavaScript_engine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V8_(JavaScript_engine)
  • daleharvey 15y ago
    I am sitting next to 5 devices, all 5 of them given a link can open a browser page and do what functionality most apps require, draw a ui, take input, process some output, save stuff etc only 3 of those devices can actually run arbitrarily compiled apps, and of those 3 you have to build against an entirely different ecosystem (osx, ubuntu and android) sure you can get a c compiler in most platforms, but that doesnt mean native apps are portable, they are by definition not
  • rch 15y ago
    I was going to quip that Opera supports Solaris, but I guess that is no longer the case: "...Opera has discontinued its support for Solaris. The Opera versions you see here are old and will no longer be updated." -- http://www.opera.com/browser/download/?os=solaris-sparc&list=all http://www.opera.com/browser/download/?os=solaris-sparc&... Can't say I blame them for dropping the platform though.