Re: Reactions to google dart?

2011-11-17 Thread Qihui Sun
Google Dart vs. ClojureScript *Dart -* *Dart is a new class-based programming language for creating structured web applications. Developed with the goals of simplicity, efficiency, and scalability, the Dart language combines powerful new language features with familiar language constructs into a

Re: Reactions to google dart?

2011-11-17 Thread daly
Doug Crockford was asked for his reaction to coffeescript. He loved it. He was asked for his reaction to Dart and he said that the set of features that Dart chose are not the set of features he would have chosen. Crockford on JavaScript - Section 8: Programming Style Your Brain

Re: Reactions to google dart?

2011-10-14 Thread Nicolas
For me the real meaning of this is that support for new features in closure library will stop in its actual form in the years to come. Only bugs will be corrected, no more. This is already the case in a sence I think, because before Dart, GWT was viewed as the new official way to make new web

Re: Reactions to google dart?

2011-10-14 Thread Isaac Gouy
On Oct 11, 7:43 am, Timothy Washington twash...@gmail.com wrote: I believe this is google's official blog http://dartinside.com/ to discuss and track issues around Dart http://www.dartlang.org/ ... H - Dart Inside The Unofficial Google Dart Blog Dart Inside is an online service from

Re: Reactions to google dart?

2011-10-11 Thread Sidharth Kshatriya
The thing that they are keeping secret is putting the Dart VM in the browser. I thinks that is when things might get interesting * The Dart VM will allow loading images of a program ala smalltalk. This will solve the startup problems associated with programs like gmail. * The Language grammar I

Re: Reactions to google dart?

2011-10-11 Thread Timothy Washington
I believe this is google's official blog http://dartinside.com/ to discuss and track issues around Dart http://www.dartlang.org/: Google's leaked memo about the Future of Javascripthttp://pastebin.com/NUMTTrKj says that Dart (formerly Dash) wants to make a *clean break* from the current

Re: Reactions to google dart?

2011-10-11 Thread Francesco Bellomi
I think Dart could be an interesting lower-level target language, if the dart VM will prove to be intrinsically better than the JS VM. Francesco On Tuesday, October 11, 2011 10:14:33 AM UTC+2, Sidharth Kshatriya wrote: The thing that they are keeping secret is putting the Dart VM in the

Reactions to google dart?

2011-10-10 Thread ivo
And what does it mean to clojurescript? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To

Re: Reactions to google dart?

2011-10-10 Thread David Nolen
As a language - not much exciting stuff. ClojureScript by targeting lowest common denominator JavaScript is portable in a way that Dart is not. I'm skeptical that Dart will see much uptake from various vendors - but only time will tell. David On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 7:47 AM, ivo

Re: Reactions to google dart?

2011-10-10 Thread Laurent PETIT
What I have in mind is not related to Dart, but to the support of Closure Tools from Google. Will Dart javascript compatibility layer/javascript compilation for non-Chrom(e)(ium) browsers include the Closure Tools Suite ? 2011/10/10 David Nolen dnolen.li...@gmail.com: As a language - not much