JSX - a faster, safer, easier alternative to JavaScript

Re:JSX - a faster, safer, easier alternative to JavaScript by franze on Wednesday May 30, 2012 @08:54PM (#4045733)

the jsx source code of the "hello world" example is only 62.5% of the code needed by dart for the same example. 5 lines vs 8 lines of code.

the compiled JS source of the "hello world" example is only 0.5% of the code needed for the same task by dart. 91 lines vs 17259 lines code.

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Re:JSX - a faster, safer, easier alternative to JavaScript by detst on Wednesday May 30, 2012 @09:21PM (#4045810)

The equivalent in Dart is:

  main() {
    print("hello world!");
  }

and you know the "17259 lines" thing is FUD.

EDIT: The above Dart code currently generates 445 lines of JS with comments and readable formatting. Obviously it's not quite where it needs to be but it's coming along quite well.

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Re:JSX - a faster, safer, easier alternative to JavaScript by drivebyacct2 on Wednesday May 30, 2012 @09:21PM (#4045807)

Those are pretty unimportant metrics. Especially given that Dart's eventual intended usage is not to be compiled to JS and the infamous example you cite is strikingly unfair . The real world is much, much, much, much less code.

Besides taking something like "5 lines vs 8 lines for a hello world" and acting as if ALL code bases are automatically that much more bloated via a percentage like that is silly at worst, disingenuous at best.

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