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Programming languages are a means to an end. Greatness can be achieved in a variety of environments.

• sdegutis 13y ago
  It's not because of the language itself. It's because it's implied that the platform my_great_project would be built on is "Chrome, the new C runtime". This is the "platform of the future" and that makes me kinda sad.
  • Zikes 13y ago
    C/C++ won't be going anywhere for a long, long time. Don't worry. However, if it really bugs you that much, why not create a Great C Club? The necessity of a good community web site to power it notwithstanding.
    • sdegutis 13y ago
      It's not that I'm attached to C and C++. It's that I think the Web as a development platform is kind of a Rube Goldberg machine, and I think we as a community of programmers could probably do a whole lot better.
      • frou_dh 13y ago
        It's not about what's better or worse. It's about where the audience is. The web absolutely nailed reach, but if you're fine with forfeiting that, you're still free to build with whatever you fancy.
      • bithive123 13y ago
        Are the lower layers really any less Goldbergian though? I would bet that everything from the physical hardware on up is laden with path dependencies, workarounds, and efficiency vs portability tradeoffs. There's more to goodness than technical aesthetics -- ubiquity is important and arguably harder to achieve.