tkirchner

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   by tkirchner 13y ago

   I really doubt the practical usefulness of such an operation system other than pure fun and skill development (and maybe some tools that fall out at the end...). Isn't the main purpose of an OS to bridge between the applications and th
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   by tkirchner 13y ago

   I really doubt the practical usefulness of such an operation system other than pure fun and skill development (and maybe some tools that fall out at the end...). Isn't the main purpose of an OS to bridge between the applications and th
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   by tkirchner 13y ago

   I really doubt the practical usefulness of such an operation system other than pure fun and skill development (and maybe some tools that fall out at the end...). Isn't the main purpose of an OS to bridge between the applications and th
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   by tkirchner 13y ago

   There is really not much more to say... ...maybe that the reason for all of this is that the CSS API (box model ..., box properties ...) is too complex and as a result browser implementations tend to f * it up easily.
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   by tkirchner 13y ago

   Maybe when analysing the stats it helps to distinguish between the intention of the one implementing the transcompiler (e.g. fun, proof-of-concept, research, money, actual need in a project, ...) and the size of the user-base of the transco
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   by tkirchner 13y ago

   Maybe the fact that there are many compilers that target language A means that either language A is easy to target (so transforming to it is a fun hack) or no-one wants to program directly in language A or both (or more). I believe an examp
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   by tkirchner 13y ago

   Here is a motherfuckingwebsite as an example: http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/
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   by tkirchner 13y ago

   This indicates that JavaScript is a pain in the ass, which it is. This is neither an argument against JavaScript nor was it indended as one, just a personal observation from a long-time JavaScript programmer.