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> The web doesn't need another language Because choice is bad, right?

• saosebastiao 12y ago
  I'm not saying another language is bad, just that it is not a deficiency of the web. We already have hundreds of them...all of which are hacked onto a language that was never created with the intent of acting as a VM. A web-native VM would actually enable much better selection of programming languages than Javascript currently does. Dart is nothing more than a new soda selection in a broken vending machine. It hasn't gone anywhere because it isn't in any better of a position than the rest of the sodas in the vending machine.
  • jenscow 12y ago
    Gotcha. On a technical level, I would also have preferred something like a "bytecode" type VM. However, I believe that would have severely hindered the uptake since all browsers would have to support it before I'd even think about using it. Dart's "VM" is already supported on all modern browsers. edit: This was already tried with Java Applets, however I guess Microsoft's implementation had put people off it. Plus it was before it's time, IMO.
    • lgunsch 12y ago
      Chrome already has somewhat of a VM. It has the NaCL, or "Native Client" which lets you run native machine code. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Native_Client http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Native_Client