On 19/06/2017 2:57 AM, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
On Sunday, 18 June 2017 at 23:11:25 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
On 18/06/2017 5:29 PM, Meta wrote:
We should be careful not to make *too* close a comparison. While
Javascript is a necessary evil for web applications and some people
do like it, I get the feeling that it's becoming less and less liked.
It's not quite a fractal of bad design like PHP, but it has more than
a few drastic shortcomings and design flaws.
The moment webasm becomes a realistic target, I will do EVERYTHING in
my power to get Lua in the browser (yes there already is solutions).
Stuff Javascript, kill it, replace it with something actually properly
designed!
Why not D? And why wait till it's a realistic target? Wasm is clearly
going to be the answer and it's an answer to a problem that exists, so
what does one gain by waiting?
(1) eval
(2) time+not all API's required are available just yet.
