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Re:Opal - Ruby to Javascript compiler by rcthompson on Friday October 19, 2012 @05:02PM (#4675375)
Wasn't that the original goal of Java, like, 20 years ago?
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Re:Opal - Ruby to Javascript compiler by Sanddancer on Friday October 19, 2012 @09:12PM (#4676022)
It was, but the big issue there was that sun decided to keep all the keys of the castle to themselves. Hence the desire for an open bytecode format.
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