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This kind of ignores the second part of the comment: > I suspect there are currently always better alternatives. In my experience, this is true. There is no n
by frowaway001 12y ago
This kind of ignores the second part of the comment:
> I suspect there are currently always better alternatives.
In my experience, this is true. There is no need for Dart, because there are languages which are better.
So when people decide to replace JavaScript with something better, why would they choose "slightly better" over "significantly better"?
- jenscow 12y agoDart has the restriction of "must be compilable to Javascript". I guess the majority of existing mainstream languages have aspects that would make meeting this requirement difficult, without breaking the language. It's also about control. Once they implemented say, Python, there isn't then much room for improvement/change without it becoming a different language anyway.
- frowaway001 12y ago> I guess the majority of existing mainstream languages Given the wealth of languages out there, this still gives us a large amount of languages to pick from. > It's also about control. Once they implemented say, Python, there isn't then much room for improvement/change without it becoming a different language anyway. That's why they should have just standardized some IL format instead, and let real language designers target that IL.
- jenscow 12y agoI almost agree with that (and I've spoke about that in another thread, in case you're interested)