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> Maybe it's not FUD, maybe it's legitimate criticism. "If I could take a clean sheet of paper and write [a new language] that retains all the goodness of [Jav
by michaelwww 13y ago
> Maybe it's not FUD, maybe it's legitimate criticism.
"If I could take a clean sheet of paper and write [a new language] that retains all the goodness of [JavaScript] ... I would not have come up with anything like Dart." -- Douglas Crockford
How is this legitimate criticism? Especially since Dart has all the goodness of JavaScript except monkey patching (or is that one of the good parts?)
- spankalee 13y agoWhat frustrated me about Douglas Crockford's response is that he didn't come out and say what he'd like a JavaScript replacement to look like. That would have been interesting.
- michaelwww 13y agoThat was my thought too. He said recently in a video interview the he wished JavaScript had tail call optimization, so it would probably be something along functional programming lines. I think it was this one, but they don't publish a transcript so I can't easily verify: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2013/9-011 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2013/9-011
- TheZenPsycho 13y agoHe's been very clear about what he wants as a replacement for javascript for many years, hiding it in plain sight in a little book called "Javascript the good parts" and codifying it in JSLINT. It just looks too much like Javascript to be recognised as a replacement.