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No More JavaScript

21 points by colinramsay 12y ago

thiht 12y ago
Is this some kind of parody or something?
- colinramsay 12y ago
  Sadly I don't think it is. The creator of the site speaks up in the comments at the bottom: > no joke. This is the real deal and we are doing everything in our power to make it happen. Please share to your social networks to get more signatures. It's time for change :) > I know right! It seems like everyone has been thinking it, but no one doing a thing about it for so long. They've also spammed it on a few different forums and mailing lists.
colinramsay 12y ago
OP here - I don't agree with the premise of this website but I thought it was worth posting.
- Gratiated 12y ago
  No idea or plan is put forth to replace JavaScript. Just another whiney kid putting up a web page.
  - colinramsay 12y ago
    Indeed. And some of the "complaints" are just a matter of preference - the camelCase thing for example. And their integrated version of jQuery just makes no sense.
  - Vaskivo 12y ago
    Yeah, it look like it. The "create a javascript replacement" reveals they the author has no plan to achieve what he wants. Does he want a new language? Use a known language? Does he want to create an fast V8-like engine for this new/old language? Although I haven't used JS too much, I dislike it (it has too many warts) but it is so ubiquitous in the web that is insane to try to replace it in the blink of an eye. Anyway, if this actually goes on ahead, I propose Lua.
serve_yay 12y ago
Quite charming, I think.
poseid 12y ago
where can I sign for nomorevisualbasic.com and nomoreperl.com ?
thybag 12y ago
The camel casing comment confuses me? There is nothing stopping anyone from using var x = my_function(); instead of var x = myFunction(); if that's what they want to do?
- colinramsay 12y ago
  True. Though the convention in JS is generally camel case so as soon as you use a library you're going to end up with some disgusting horror with mixed code styles. Ruby's libraries generally adhere to the underscore style. I don't consider it a reason to mount a holy war mind you.
zethraeus 12y ago
this feels like satire.
drivingmenuts 12y ago
I don't disagree with the site, however, I currently lack any sort of well-formulated plan (just like the author) to change the future in such a way that this sort of thing is possible. if I were capable of bending the universe to my will (or any portion thereof), I would end javascript in a heartbeat and make python the master scripting language for browsers. However, I'm not, so JS is safe for now. (And I would smite anyone who suggests that it's fine to transpile languages to JS for use in a browser. It's not elegant and they would all die painfully and inelegantly.) Be glad that I am not your god. Even my cat is just pretending to worship me until he can take over.
- krapp 12y ago
  >Be glad that I am not your god. Significant whitespace is the Devil's palimpsest.
- davesdo 12y ago
  Haha. Kinda of like taking English and putting it into a German translator machine
ilghiro 12y ago
If this guy loves Ruby so much then he could just use this http://opalrb.org/ http://opalrb.org/ Or alternatively, he could stop being an idiot.
treerex 12y ago
"How quaint." -- ClojureScript

No More JavaScript

21 points by colinramsay 12y ago

thiht 12y ago

Is this some kind of parody or something?

colinramsay 12y ago
Sadly I don't think it is. The creator of the site speaks up in the comments at the bottom: > no joke. This is the real deal and we are doing everything in our power to make it happen. Please share to your social networks to get more signatures. It's time for change :) > I know right! It seems like everyone has been thinking it, but no one doing a thing about it for so long. They've also spammed it on a few different forums and mailing lists.

colinramsay 12y ago

OP here - I don't agree with the premise of this website but I thought it was worth posting.

Gratiated 12y ago
No idea or plan is put forth to replace JavaScript. Just another whiney kid putting up a web page.
- colinramsay 12y ago
  Indeed. And some of the "complaints" are just a matter of preference - the camelCase thing for example. And their integrated version of jQuery just makes no sense.
- Vaskivo 12y ago
  Yeah, it look like it. The "create a javascript replacement" reveals they the author has no plan to achieve what he wants. Does he want a new language? Use a known language? Does he want to create an fast V8-like engine for this new/old language? Although I haven't used JS too much, I dislike it (it has too many warts) but it is so ubiquitous in the web that is insane to try to replace it in the blink of an eye. Anyway, if this actually goes on ahead, I propose Lua.

serve_yay 12y ago

Quite charming, I think.

poseid 12y ago

where can I sign for nomorevisualbasic.com and nomoreperl.com ?

thybag 12y ago

The camel casing comment confuses me? There is nothing stopping anyone from using var x = my_function(); instead of var x = myFunction(); if that's what they want to do?

colinramsay 12y ago
True. Though the convention in JS is generally camel case so as soon as you use a library you're going to end up with some disgusting horror with mixed code styles. Ruby's libraries generally adhere to the underscore style. I don't consider it a reason to mount a holy war mind you.

zethraeus 12y ago

this feels like satire.

drivingmenuts 12y ago

I don't disagree with the site, however, I currently lack any sort of well-formulated plan (just like the author) to change the future in such a way that this sort of thing is possible. if I were capable of bending the universe to my will (or any portion thereof), I would end javascript in a heartbeat and make python the master scripting language for browsers. However, I'm not, so JS is safe for now. (And I would smite anyone who suggests that it's fine to transpile languages to JS for use in a browser. It's not elegant and they would all die painfully and inelegantly.) Be glad that I am not your god. Even my cat is just pretending to worship me until he can take over.

krapp 12y ago
>Be glad that I am not your god. Significant whitespace is the Devil's palimpsest.
davesdo 12y ago
Haha. Kinda of like taking English and putting it into a German translator machine

ilghiro 12y ago

If this guy loves Ruby so much then he could just use this http://opalrb.org/ http://opalrb.org/ Or alternatively, he could stop being an idiot.

treerex 12y ago

"How quaint." -- ClojureScript