News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Electron is flash for the desktop (2016). Parent comment

Re:Electron is flash for the desktop (2016) by douche on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @01:19PM (#14090219)
The future, where we write in native languages, that are compiled to Javascript, run in a webbrowser VM, and power desktop applications. Jesus wept.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Electron is flash for the desktop (2016) by m_fayer on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @03:13PM (#14091400)
In 2014 I laughed.

No longer laughing.

https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Electron is flash for the desktop (2016) by bluejekyll on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @08:54PM (#14093916)
It's not that they are native languages. They are languages with no overhead, GC is no longer necessary for example.
[ Parent | on HN ]