Walt: JavaScript-like syntax for WebAssembly

Re:Walt: JavaScript-like syntax for WebAssembly by porphyrogene on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @11:38PM (#18190837)

Programming languages are tools, not religions. If a project like this can help people use and understand their tools that is a good thing. Reacting as if the infidel language is defiling the sacred is absurd and indefensible from a practical standpoint.

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Re:Walt: JavaScript-like syntax for WebAssembly by TeMPOraL on Thursday October 11, 2018 @04:58AM (#18191919)

Well yes... unless you realize that ours is a fashion-driven industry, where technical choices are not made based on technical merits but via a popularity contest. From a practical standpoint, complaining about propagation of bad choices is absolutely defensible.

Or, to put in another way: today you don't complain about crap tech pushing out good tech, tomorrow half of the jobs in your field require you work with the crap tech.

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Re:Walt: JavaScript-like syntax for WebAssembly by Chloro on Thursday October 11, 2018 @01:02AM (#18191057)

Are you seriously hung up on keywords? Also, you are not required to use "let"...

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Re:Walt: JavaScript-like syntax for WebAssembly by nindalf on Thursday October 11, 2018 @05:00AM (#18191926)

If you want to troll you should be more subtle about it. Or at least have the courage to use your main account rather than a throwaway

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Re:Walt: JavaScript-like syntax for WebAssembly by anonytrary on Thursday October 11, 2018 @03:08AM (#18191477)

> language that requires the "let" keyword is absurd and indefensible

I would seriously like to see you defend this viewpoint.

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Re:Walt: JavaScript-like syntax for WebAssembly by pjmlp on Thursday October 11, 2018 @03:45AM (#18191625)

Then you will wipeout a big list of programming languages, given how many use let for assignments.

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