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Re:You can now write React in Lua by kadkads on Monday June 24, 2024 @04:04AM (#40773533)
soon, everything will be in react. Your browser? React. OS? React. Car operating system? React.

I thought I was making a joke and then googled some and here it is:

https://github.com/shirakaba/react-native-web-browser-app

https://reactos.org/

https://star.global/posts/react-native-for-automotive/

They were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should

Re:You can now write React in Lua by literalAardvark on Monday June 24, 2024 @04:08AM (#40773553)
ReactOS has nothing to do with the ineptly named ReactJS
Re:You can now write React in Lua by yreg on Monday June 24, 2024 @05:47AM (#40774089)
Why do you think React is named ineptly?
Re:You can now write React in Lua by wfme on Monday June 24, 2024 @06:55AM (#40774497)
Because it is cool to hate on React on hn. Write something in Rust and watch everyone swoon, but mention anything that uses React and the comments will be filled with people hating all over it. As is the way on hn.
Re:You can now write React in Lua by lolinder on Monday June 24, 2024 @09:29AM (#40775818)
You're right about the disproportionate hate for React, but your information about Rust is out of date. These days it's 50-50 whether you'll get a lot of love or hate for a Rust project, and several of the top-upvoted Rust posts of the past year are disenchanted ones.
Re:You can now write React in Lua by idle_zealot on Monday June 24, 2024 @04:08AM (#40773554)
> ReactOS

One of these things is not like the others.

Re:You can now write React in Lua by netdevnet on Monday June 24, 2024 @04:51AM (#40773781)
ReactOs only shares the name with JS library called React
Re:You can now write React in Lua by pawelduda on Monday June 24, 2024 @07:31AM (#40774754)
Say no to chemical reactions! They clearly use React /s