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Re:A large, bloated JS framework with an unintuitive syntax ... by taybenlor on Friday July 06, 2012 @09:58AM (#4207714)
Because google wasn't able to build anything complex with JS, like say, a document editor that synchronises changes across multiple clients.
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Re:A large, bloated JS framework with an unintuitive syntax ... by BHSPitMonkey on Friday July 06, 2012 @10:48AM (#4207949)
Technically, Writely built that editor, and Google acquired Writely.
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Re:A large, bloated JS framework with an unintuitive syntax ... by kylemathews on Friday July 06, 2012 @01:31PM (#4208777)
Google Spreadsheets predates the Writely purchase and in any case, that purchase was in 2006, 6 years ago, so almost certainly Google Docs is 2-3 code rewrites past whatever the Writely team wrote.
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