Well thats a loaded question to which I'd say "objection your honour leading the witness and goes to state of mind" ..
Today if i were to reboot the web I'd be ok with a XML flavour like similar to HTML5/MXML (and in parts XAML). I'd also double down on ECMA4 or above (either one) and i'd ignore CSS existence all together as that's just an after thought hack of style properties anyway. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Williams, Thomas < twilli...@phcn.vic.gov.au> wrote: > Hey Scott - I have to admit I'm not particularly imaginative - if you > were building the internet from scratch, what do you think would be better > than JavaScript? > > > > Does this product exist? > > > > Thomas > > > > > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Scott Barnes > *Sent:* Friday, 14 February 2014 11:42 AM > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: Advice to Microsoft (not mine - the IT press and developer > blogosphere) > > > > David: I think the words your seeking are "JavaScript Stockholm Syndrome" > .. I object strongly to a language who's surrounded by frameworks that are > hell bent on abstracting developers from the said language as much as > possible because the said language is so far behind the evolution curve. > Had JS moved to ECMA4 - ECMA6 ..sure.. i'll play along but this JS ciricle > jerk that's going on because everyone's given the "defeatist" attitude... > bleh... > > > > And yes, I will concede I see my future with me standing on the roadside > way "WILL CODE JS FOR CRACK"... > > > > > > > > > --- > Regards, > Scott Barnes > http://www.riagenic.com > > > > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 9:23 AM, David Connors <da...@connors.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Scott Barnes <scott.bar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > better, faster? .... O.o... did you just say JavaScript is better than > WPF? ..... > > > > I said 'someone's 10kb of JS is better. > > > > JavaScript is just Internet assembly language. It's the frameworks that > matter. > > > > I used to hate JS with a passion, but the momentum around it is undeniable > and the things people accomplish with frameworks on top of it are > staggering. > > > David Connors > da...@connors.com | M +61 417 189 363 > Download my v-card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors > Follow me on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidconnors > Connect with me on LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/davidjohnconnors > > > > > > > > Peninsula Health - Metropolitan Health Service of the Year 2007 & 2009 >
