Also TypeScript On May 16, 2014 12:49 PM, "Mameri, Fred (HBO)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I kind of feel that even if such a bytecode existed, it should be > immaterial to the design of ES. What I’m trying to say is that probably a > better place for this discussion is at the web standards level. This > decision can be completely outside of the design of any individual > language, provided a generic enough bytecode. > Now obviously being able to have web apps written in different languages > while maintaining performance and debuggability would be nice. But for me, > the main benefit of the bytecode is having my engineering team be able to > adopt newer versions of the language at our convenience (instead of waiting > 10 years until some ancient client updates their script engine)… > > From: Andrea Giammarchi <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, May 16, 2014 at 3:25 PM > To: Oliver Hunt <[email protected]> > Cc: es-discuss list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Bytecode > > Sure Oliver, it's just funny to read very old unmaintained libraries as > the base code to test LLVM IR on top ... what you say makes sense but then > I'd expect some new library maybe based on some new ES5 feature too, that's > all I was trying to say and there was nothing about criticizing the awesome > job WebKit did there. > > Take Care > > > On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Oliver Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On May 15, 2014, at 10:24 PM, Andrea Giammarchi < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > but you mentioned very old one I think nobody cares much anymore ;-) >> >> People may not “care” about them today, but that doesn’t mean that no >> one uses them - there are many millions of webpages that use these >> libraries still, and that means performance of those libraries is extremely >> important to end _users_. >> >> Regarding the original topic of this thread: I think there have been many >> many prior discussions of a standardised bytecode on es-discuss, and people >> should really be reading those before bringing this up again. It’s not >> going to happen as no one has ever demonstrated an actual benefit over >> simply using JS. >> >> —Oliver > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > This e-mail is intended only for the use of the addressees. Any copying, > forwarding, printing or other use of this e-mail by persons other than the > addressees is not authorized. This e-mail may contain information that is > privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure. If you are not the > intended recipient, please notify us immediately by return e-mail > (including the original message in your reply) and then delete and discard > all copies of the e-mail. > > Thank you. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > >
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