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Re:Rust Is the Future of JavaScript Infrastructure by azangru on Friday November 12, 2021 @06:54AM (#29198397)
> There is a special issue for JavaScript, and that's monopoly

There are languages that treat javascript as a compilation target. Purescript, Elm, Closurescript, Rescript, Scalajs, etc. So if you really dislike javascript, you are still free to pick something else.

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Re:Rust Is the Future of JavaScript Infrastructure by ASalazarMX on Friday November 12, 2021 @02:59PM (#29203889)
That just hides the lack of choice with another layer of complexity. A script language is not the best compilation target, but Web Assembly probably would be.
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Re:Rust Is the Future of JavaScript Infrastructure by azangru on Saturday November 13, 2021 @10:30AM (#29210416)
> A script language is not the best compilation target

Performance-wise, sure. But the parent commenters were not complaining about performance; they were upset about javascript's syntax, or lack of type guarantees, or typecasting, and so on. Well, all of this can be taken care of by the compiler, if the developer dislikes javascript itself so much.

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