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Dart has the restriction of "must be compilable to Javascript". I guess the majority of existing mainstream languages have aspects that would make meeting this
by jenscow 12y ago
Dart 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)