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You say that as if there is some volition involved in the "settling" on JS. But there is no cohesive group with the agency to do any such thing. It's like bla
by dasil003 12y ago
You say that as if there is some volition involved in the "settling" on JS. But there is no cohesive group with the agency to do any such thing. It's like blaming human evolution on individual human choices throughout history.
- rwmj 12y agoWell, we could decide as an industry that we really need to fix the code-in-web-browsers problem, and then fix it with a language which encourages safety and reliability. The fact that we haven't done that supports the OP's point.
- svisser 12y agoBut the same can be said about C / C++ with undefined and quirky behaviour. Even when the desire to replace them is there, it's near possible given the present situation.
- CmonDev 12y agoWell, actually: http://www.rust-lang.org http://www.rust-lang.org Everything is possible. One step at a time. C++ and JS belong with COBOL.