Re:GNOME project picks JavaScript as "first class" dev language
by psionski on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @03:23AM
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...and Microsoft already had WPF... Isn't everything else VERY primitive compared to it? Why would they go back to an inferior technology? Adoption issue?
Re:GNOME project picks JavaScript as "first class" dev language
by camus on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @03:45AM
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Microsoft had JScript.NET even before C#, so this was purely a political move not a technical one.
At that time , investing on javascript would not have made Windows sell more.
Now Javascript is seen as a way for MS to get more apps on their RT plateform thus sell more Windows licenses.
However , i dont believe MS javascript move is a long term one.
Re:GNOME project picks JavaScript as "first class" dev language
by mnutt on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @09:51AM
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Wasn't Mozilla the one pushing for ES4?
Re:GNOME project picks JavaScript as "first class" dev language
by camus on Wednesday February 06, 2013 @11:17AM
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hi, actually it was Adobe, they worked with mozilla on tamarin a es4 vm.
Re:GNOME project picks JavaScript as "first class" dev language
by tracker1 on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @12:01PM
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Take a look at CoffeeScript if you want python-like style..
Re:GNOME project picks JavaScript as "first class" dev language
by zem on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @02:06PM
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or livescript if you want haskell-like style [http://gkz.github.com/LiveScript/]
it's a coffeescript descendant rather than a haskell->js compiler, but it has a very pleasing haskell/ml surface.
The irony is when Microsoft comes up with Typescript because they now think javascript is not good enough.
Eventually Javascript will look like Python.