My gripes with JavaScript

Re:My gripes with JavaScript by olavk on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @10:30AM (#2683271)

Or use a tool that compiles js.next to lowest-common-denominator-javascript.

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Re:My gripes with JavaScript by edtechdev on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @03:49PM (#2684833)

http://code.google.com/p/traceur-compiler/

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Re:My gripes with JavaScript by fholm on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @10:35AM (#2683296)

Yay a dynamic language with a compiler step.

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Re:My gripes with JavaScript by olavk on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @10:46AM (#2683335)

Python has a compiler step - source files (.py) are compiled into bytecode (.pyc) files. It just happens transparently. Doesn't make the language less dynamic IMHO.

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Re:My gripes with JavaScript by true_religion on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @02:53PM (#2684527)

Smalltalk, one of the seminal, dynamic languages has a compilation step. It happens inline everytime you save a method.

Lisp can both be dynamic and compiled.

Many dynamic languages---Python, Ruby, et all--on JVM or CLR have a compilation step. They compile to byte code that the VM then runs.

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