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The "JavaScript Problem" is not about what JavaScript can or can't or will be able to do, it's about JS being the only option available, period. The web needs
by Zikes 12y ago
The "JavaScript Problem" is not about what JavaScript can or can't or will be able to do, it's about JS being the only option available, period.
The web needs a bytecode language that other languages can compile to. Some people say JavaScript can be that bytecode, and asm.js is a big step in that direction, but for the web to grow to its full potential developers need the freedom to express their ideas in the languages that suit them best.
- tracker1 12y agoWith the number of languages that transpile to ES5 or asm.js, I don't think that's really the problem.