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Re:V8 release v6.6 by sifoo on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @11:27AM (#16689406)
There are several leaner alternatives for application scripting, is it really worth dragging V8 around to get that capability? Lua would be one alternative. The reason I'm asking is that I'm working on a more Forth-inspired alternative[0] for application scripting myself, and I'm curious about the reasons for defaulting to the crappiest language ever invented and an implementation controlled by one of the biggest corporate bullies around.

[0] https://github.com/basic-gongfu/cixl

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Re:V8 release v6.6 by mschuetz on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @02:50PM (#16691594)
> defaulting to the crappiest language ever invented

Since we're trolling now, there is plenty worse around, like Python(the only language that manages to have worse scoping rules then pre-ES6 javascript, which is quite a feat), Cobol and LUA. JS ES6 is just fine. The trick is not to use the crap parts.

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