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I don't think it is unimpressive, but I do wonder why? It's impressive from a technical standpoint, and that is in some ways enough. But why the need to port

by serge2k 13y ago

I don't think it is unimpressive, but I do wonder why? It's impressive from a technical standpoint, and that is in some ways enough. But why the need to port everything to javascript? I don't use python for things I would write in javascript and unless you are prepared to port all the libraries (i.e. the thing that makes python so useful/fun/awesome) then why? I can just use JS. JS is a language with good enough features. I don't need a python that compiles/is intepreted in JS. It's less that I am not impressed, and more that I think the effort is somewhat wasted. Of course I still respect the implementer.

thedanfilter 13y ago
Unless I am mistaken it would allow a person to create a web-based editor that can compile and run the python code on the same web page. This seems to be very much the direction that online programming tutorials are taking. For schools, Universities, etc, it means not having to worry about platform or installed software. As most open source projects stall due to "more important things to do", it would probably be wise to offer these people as much encouragement as we can to better the chances that someone will complete one (and want to support it in the future).