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A comment on Anders Hejlsberg and Lars Bak: TypeScript, JavaScript, and Dart. Parent comment

Re:Anders Hejlsberg and Lars Bak: TypeScript, JavaScript, an... by ttrreeww on Friday March 22, 2013 @03:37PM (#5425129)
Dart is Google's Silverlight.
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Re:Anders Hejlsberg and Lars Bak: TypeScript, JavaScript, an... by sethladd on Sunday March 31, 2013 @05:48PM (#5470313)
A couple of clarifications:

* Dart compiles to JavaScript, Silverlight did not. * Dart is actively being developed, Silverlight is not. * Dart does not require any plugins, Silverlight did. * Dart natively supports the DOM, Silverlight did not.

[disclaimer: I work on the Dart team]

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Re:Anders Hejlsberg and Lars Bak: TypeScript, JavaScript, an... by michaelwww on Saturday March 23, 2013 @10:36AM (#5428279)
ActionScript/Flash and .NET/SilverLight require a plugin, with Dart the "plugin" is optional.
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Re:Anders Hejlsberg and Lars Bak: TypeScript, JavaScript, an... by ttrreeww on Monday March 25, 2013 @05:12PM (#5439717)
It's called the Dart Runtime which is not included in non Google browsers.
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Re:Anders Hejlsberg and Lars Bak: TypeScript, JavaScript, an... by dragonwriter on Monday March 25, 2013 @05:24PM (#5439794)
Except: 1. The Dart VM isn't included in Google's generally-released browsers, either (it's included in Dartium, the special version of Chromium bundled with the Dart SDK). 2. The Dart VM isn't a plug-in. 3. As Dart compiles to JS, you don't need the Dart VM to run code developed with Dart, you just need a browser that supports JS.
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