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I have to agree with the commenters on that article that JavaScript is the next big language. With HTML5 it's pretty amazing what you can do with JS. It's rea
by logn 14y ago
I have to agree with the commenters on that article that JavaScript is the next big language. With HTML5 it's pretty amazing what you can do with JS. It's reached the point of being nearly as powerful as any thick client technology yet with ubiquitous browser and OS support.
It performs fairly well too: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/javascript.php http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/javascript.php . I'm not sure why one test is 100x slower, but the rest are < 10x slower than Java.
- james4k 14y agoI don't know, I'd say JavaScript is pretty close to reaching its peak at this point, if it hasn't already.
- davidw 14y agoIt's got tons of room to grow outside the browser where it's never been used all that much.
- kzahel 14y agoThe lack of generators in javascript really kills it for me.
- igouy 14y ago>>I'm not sure why one test is 100x slower<< See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7025286/why-does-this-v8-javascript-code-perform-so-badly http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7025286/why-does-this-v8-...