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CSS is now getting functions as well [0]. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43236126 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43236126

toomim 2y ago
Horrible. We're going to end up with three separate languages: CSS, HTML, and Javascript, which will each be turing-complete programming languages with completely-overlapping featuresets, and there will be no clear reason to use one over the other. Browsers will have to implement support for three PL runtimes. Everything will be complicated and confused.
- xg15 2y ago
  Everything will be even more complicated and confused.
- someothherguyy 2y ago
  The sky isn't falling, and nearly everything is trending better, not worse. You can use whatever features of browsers that you want.
  - metadat 2y ago
    There are tradeoffs. Further increasing the barrier to entry for new web browsers benefits the entrenched players and hurts end users by yielding fewer alternatives.
    - porridgeraisin 2y ago
      The entrenched are the ones deciding the features. This is their goal
  - agosz 2y ago
    That's what people say of C++ too. Too many features makes it harder to learn a language and ramp up on codebases; they'll have different standards on what they use.
  - shiomiru 2y ago
    Developers can use whatever features they want, but users can only watch as their computer uses up more and more energy because it suddenly has to perform yet another build step that previously was done on the server.
    - deleted 2y ago
      [deleted]
- mirekrusin 2y ago
  Is there DOOM in CSS already?
  - panstromek 2y ago
    There's a Wolfenstein https://css-tricks.com/hacking-css-animation-state-and-playback-time/ https://css-tricks.com/hacking-css-animation-state-and-playb...
AlienRobot 2y ago
Maybe in ten years they will finally add enough languages to each one of these 3 languages to make them good enough to compete against Delphi.
G_o_D 2y ago
Already a thing of past http://www.w3.org/Submission/1996/1/WD-jsss-960822 http://www.w3.org/Submission/1996/1/WD-jsss-960822 Netscape Communicator 4 JavaScript Style Sheets (JSSS) alternative to CSS, a "Programmable CSS" Never got spotlight because stubborn people werent ready to let go of css

toomim 2y ago

Horrible. We're going to end up with three separate languages: CSS, HTML, and Javascript, which will each be turing-complete programming languages with completely-overlapping featuresets, and there will be no clear reason to use one over the other. Browsers will have to implement support for three PL runtimes. Everything will be complicated and confused.

xg15 2y ago
Everything will be even more complicated and confused.
someothherguyy 2y ago
The sky isn't falling, and nearly everything is trending better, not worse. You can use whatever features of browsers that you want.
- metadat 2y ago
  There are tradeoffs. Further increasing the barrier to entry for new web browsers benefits the entrenched players and hurts end users by yielding fewer alternatives.
  - porridgeraisin 2y ago
    The entrenched are the ones deciding the features. This is their goal
- agosz 2y ago
  That's what people say of C++ too. Too many features makes it harder to learn a language and ramp up on codebases; they'll have different standards on what they use.
- shiomiru 2y ago
  Developers can use whatever features they want, but users can only watch as their computer uses up more and more energy because it suddenly has to perform yet another build step that previously was done on the server.
  - deleted 2y ago
    [deleted]
mirekrusin 2y ago
Is there DOOM in CSS already?
- panstromek 2y ago
  There's a Wolfenstein https://css-tricks.com/hacking-css-animation-state-and-playback-time/ https://css-tricks.com/hacking-css-animation-state-and-playb...

AlienRobot 2y ago

Maybe in ten years they will finally add enough languages to each one of these 3 languages to make them good enough to compete against Delphi.

G_o_D 2y ago

Already a thing of past http://www.w3.org/Submission/1996/1/WD-jsss-960822 http://www.w3.org/Submission/1996/1/WD-jsss-960822 Netscape Communicator 4 JavaScript Style Sheets (JSSS) alternative to CSS, a "Programmable CSS" Never got spotlight because stubborn people werent ready to let go of css