Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks?

Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by jacobush on Monday September 12, 2016 @06:57AM (#12478632)

And no doubt this layering will continue... "Look how I easily render this document decription into react primitives".

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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by sotojuan on Monday September 12, 2016 @09:20AM (#12479397)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12473549

I made this comment in another thread, but it fits right into this one too.

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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by tempodox on Monday September 12, 2016 @09:32AM (#12479484)

Yes, we write web browsers in JS, simply because our browsers let us write nested browsers in JS. I'm only waiting for an OS written in JS so we can use its editor to write an OS in JS.

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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by marxidad on Monday September 12, 2016 @11:44AM (#12480674)

Gary Bernhardt mentions an OS written in JS in his video: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...

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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by dcposch on Monday September 12, 2016 @06:47PM (#12484300)

http://bellard.org/jslinux/

also

http://www.windows93.net

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