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I meant it as a commentary on celebrating javascript in general, not on this person's project. It's not cynicism I feel, it's dissatisfaction. I /want/ to use
by overgard 14y ago
I meant it as a commentary on celebrating javascript in general, not on this person's project.
It's not cynicism I feel, it's dissatisfaction. I /want/ to use the web for powerful things, but the limitations of javascript make many of those things impractical. Hence my ambivalence towards "x in javascript"
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- xaa 14y agoJava applets, Native Client, and ActiveX all (imperfectly) address this problem. We have long had trouble agreeing on a standard for web-based native code. But that doesn't mean that it's a senseless request. The exalted status of Javascript is merely a convenient local optimum.
- marcloney 14y agoWhat exactly makes it impractical to do powerful things? You may have disdain for certain language features but I don't understand how that makes it impractical. Most of the tech demo's we're seeing coming out of the JS crowd are from people who have only just started using the WebGL API (which is still experimental). I'm extremely excited to see the things that experienced OpenGL developers will be able to do as the API becomes more mainstream.