I don't know what Volta looks like today, but last December it was simply horrible. Check out this post:
http://pavelgj.blogspot.com/2007/12/ms-volta-is-doomed-i-tell-you-doooooo-o.html I have big doubts about Volta. They will probably end up doing the same thing as GWT, that is implement a C# to JS compiler. Overall, I fail to see a reason why microsoft could be interested in creating a good cross-platform web-technology unless they are sure they can control it (that includes the developers and the users). They are dragging their feet with IE, letting FF and WebKit kick their butt, just to make web-apps looks slower and uglier than their desktop apps. Also Volta directly competes with Silverlight. Guess which one will eventually get more attention? And I am sure their engineers will have nothing to do with this. No, no, no, you will have to convince me how Volta can have a bright future before I even start considering it, nevermind their multi- lingual support. Today there are two kinds of languages that prove to be best suitable to write applications: statically typed VM languages (Java, C#, etc), dynamic VM languages (JavaScript, Python, Ruby, etc). Use JavaScript if you like dynamic, use Java/GWT if you like static. Yegor On Aug 23, 7:34 am, Juan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > One of the good things about Microsoft Volta is that it uses the > bytecode, not the source code. This allows them to use any language. I > wonder why the GWT didn't follow this approach. Can you imagine > programming the front end using JRuby ? Sweeeeeet :) > > Best regards, > Juan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
