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JavaScript is no longer the only language. I wouldn't be surprised if JavaScript is used at all for large projects in the future. With things like Dart, TypeScr
by bdicasa 13y ago
JavaScript is no longer the only language. I wouldn't be surprised if JavaScript is used at all for large projects in the future. With things like Dart, TypeScript, CoffeeScript, and asm.js JavaScript is becoming more of a compile target.
- hcarvalhoalves 13y ago> I wouldn't be surprised if JavaScript is used at all for large projects in the future. This is actually a scary prospect, considering how consistent JS is as a language, let alone as a bytecode replacement.
- grey-area 13y agoAll it would take to replace JS would be for a large vendor maker (or ideally 2) to get behind a common byte code, and support it in parallel with JS. Suddenly a whole world of languages would open up for web use. I expect that to happen sooner rather than later, it is not an impossible problem, and it is far preferable to trying to use JS as a compile target.