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Perl never had a monopoly on a runtime environment with an install base of pretty much everyone who owns a computer, tablet, or smartphone. Sometimes it's not a
by reissbaker 14y ago
Perl never had a monopoly on a runtime environment with an install base of pretty much everyone who owns a computer, tablet, or smartphone. Sometimes it's not about engineering principles.
If native mobile apps end up de facto replacing the open internet, that could change, of course. But I hope the internet remains, warts and all. And as ARM chips improve, and DOM APIs are expanded, and JS engines become more efficient, and the HTTP spec is ever more optimized for web applications, I think in the end the browser will survive.
- grendel 14y agoI would argue that before JavaScript Perl is the only one that came close, part of why it was so popular.
- marrs 14y ago>> Perl never had a monopoly on a runtime environment with an install base of pretty much everyone who owns a computer, tablet, or smartphone. Sometimes it's not about engineering principles. This.
- visualR 14y ago> If native mobile apps end up de facto replacing the open internet Mobile is just hyped. Once companies realize that people who access to the internet solely through their phone can hardly be monteized, well be back pre-iphone in the hype department.