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Re:Show HN: Lite – A small, fast text editor by paulie_a on Saturday May 09, 2020 @03:53PM (#23127779)
Because JavaScript is not a native language.
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Re:Show HN: Lite – A small, fast text editor by cwyers on Saturday May 09, 2020 @04:06PM (#23127877)
I mean, yes, Javascript isn't x86 assembly code, but neither is Lua. Sure, Javascript was designed to be embedded within other applications, but so was Lua. And neither _has_ to be. People seem to be using "native" to mean "lightweight" or "performant," but if that's what they mean, they should just use those words.
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Re:Show HN: Lite – A small, fast text editor by paulie_a on Friday May 15, 2020 @05:06PM (#23197404)
Js isn't native. It's not c it's not c++, it's not Java or even fucking python.

It's a webscripting language. Which is totally fine but it will never be native.

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Re:Show HN: Lite – A small, fast text editor by ubercow13 on Saturday May 09, 2020 @04:04PM (#23127862)
Neither is Lua
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