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Repeat after me: JS is not an ideal compilation target. The sooner this idea dies, the sooner we can solve the actual problem of being locked to an insanely hi
by teacup50 12y ago
Repeat after me: JS is not an ideal compilation target.
The sooner this idea dies, the sooner we can solve the actual problem of being locked to an insanely high level VM and calling it a platform -- while writing that platform with much more powerful tools that aren't available to anyone else.
- untog 12y agoRepeat after me: JS is the compilation target we have. The sooner this idea dies, the sooner we can solve the actual problem of being locked to an insanely high level VM So, the sooner we stop making actual things, we can take a step back and start making a thing that makes things? By all means, try to solve this problem. But if the history of the web has shown anything, it's that it's extremely difficult to entirely reboot anything. JavaScript is all pervasive, and an alternative is going to have to come up with something brilliant to displace it. I haven't seen it yet.
- teacup50 12y ago> Repeat after me: JS is the compilation target we have. No, it's the compilation target web developers have. The rest of us don't target the web.
- Zigurd 12y agoWe're going to see a few interesting things play out: GWT got a new user-base within Google because the Inbox team is using GWT for the non-UI part of the Web implementation (and j2objc for iOS).