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Why wait for the VM when you can compile to JavaScript today?

• pjmlp 13y ago
  Because customers only request JavaScript and I don't want to debug code generated from tools.
  • masklinn 13y ago
    Debugging of generated code has gotten leaps and bounds better in the past few years though.
    • pjmlp 13y ago
      True for the desktop, when targeting certain browser versions, though.
      • masklinn 13y ago
        Yes, your damping down of the excitement is 100% correct.
  • sethladd 13y ago
    Have you tried to use source maps to help debugging? Plenty of compile-to-JavaScript languages support source maps, and even some CSS frameworks. Building complex/large apps without a compiler and tools is really difficult. GWT, Closure, TypeScript, Dart are all efforts to help developers build more interesting apps that scale. Building/compiling is just a natural step in the process, and source maps are a natural output of that process.
    • pjmlp 13y ago
      As I repeated here multiple times: - customers request JavaScript written by humans, not tools. As it makes them easier to get "resources" - source maps are only an option on a few desktop browsers, no fun testing generated JavaScript on specific browser issues