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I can see what you are saying, but NACL is a big deal. It isn't ONLY c/c++ but any language that can compile with LLVM, which is almost every language. Think
by myrryr 12y ago
I can see what you are saying, but NACL is a big deal.
It isn't ONLY c/c++ but any language that can compile with LLVM, which is almost every language.
Think about it, new scripting languages, new compiled languages, anything language you care about. You want to write in Haskell? fine... do so, and have it run instead of javascript.
This IS a big big deal. No language is perfect, so the ability to use any of them? It is huge.
- guilloche 12y agoI agree.
- stephenr 12y agoI don't need to "think about it", I've experienced the idea before, twice. Do you remember Java Applets? Do you remember ActiveX controls? Do you remember Flash and/or Shockwave?
- _random_ 12y ago"Native Client avoids these issues by using sandboxing." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Native_Client http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Native_Client
- stephenr 12y agoI never mentioned security. Their whole approach with both this and Dart are perfect examples of how they are following the old Microsoft playbook. "Your browser does not support Flash/Java/ActiveX/Bert and Ernie's latest bullshit, please upgrade to X to continue"
- _random_ 12y agoDart is awesome! I hope they will come up with something that fixes all HTML & CSS warts as well. Don't tell me technology doesn't thrive on competition. Pigeonholing everyone into same set of legacy languages is simply not OK! (no transpiling suggestions please - it's crap)
- stephenr 12y agoThis is why HTML CSS and JavaScript standards are constantly evolving, to solve real world problems.