I said as much in the blog comments, but I'll repeat it here too. The issues noted in the presentation, plus the fact that the language is a bit of a dog, is w

I said as much in the blog comments, but I'll repeat it here too. The issues noted in the presentation, plus the fact that the language is a bit of a dog, is why I suggested proof-carrying code as a replacement for Javascript: http://www.plsadventures.com/2009/08/worrying-trends-in-programming.html http://www.plsadventures.com/2009/08/worrying-trends-in-prog... (and got pretty well flamed for it, too)