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Re:Apple’s iOS7 Native JavaScript Bridge on Saturday November 23, 2013 @10:14PM (#6788535)
To 'surface' something (in this context) means something like "to expose", or "to bring to attention". It's related to the more literal meaning of the verb, which is roughly "to come up to the surface of the water (or other medium)", as in "the submarine surfaced after a week long dive". He's just using it to describe exposing objects and functions in Objective-C to the JavaScript context.
Re:Do Immigrant Engineers Depress Engineer Wages? on Saturday April 13, 2013 @03:27PM (#5544331)
[insert communism comparison rebuttal here]
Re:After so many hacks, why won't Java just go away? on Saturday February 23, 2013 @12:49AM (#5268712)
nitpick: JavaScript doesn't run on the JVM (not considering Mozilla Rhino)
Re:Exile the Obama way on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @08:31PM (#5174415)
The host of the video insert was distinctly biased on this issue.
Re:Land Book - The best and most inspiring landing pages on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @12:45PM (#5067978)
Exactly what I signed in to say. They all look very nice but few of them feel original in any way.
Re:CoffeeScript: less typing, bad readability on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @05:36PM (#4540651)
I feel like CoffeeScript is failing at what it's attempting to do if it needs its own style guide.