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Re:Show HN: Best Programming Language for Me in 2016 by weitingliu on Thursday January 07, 2016 @09:37AM (#10858104)
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Re:Show HN: Best Programming Language for Me in 2016 by anonx on Saturday January 09, 2016 @10:56AM (#10871644)
I wonder where did you get those numbers from. E.g. JS's future is evaluated as 5. But C#'s is only 4. I don't see why JavaScript's future should be brighter than C#'s one.

Is it because JavaScript currently has no alternatives on the client? But how long will it last? E.g. Now there is a "CIL to WebAssembly" compiler prototype [1] so in future C# potentially can be run in browsers (and that's good for C#). On the other hand, if WebAssembly allows other languages (such as C#, Go, Rust, etc.) to be used on the client, won't JS repeat IE's fate (from monopoly to minority)?

[1]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/ilwasm

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