On 01/12/2012 03:58 AM, Marc Weber wrote:
Why JavaScript? v8 jits, thus its blazing fast. Every developer is doing some kind of web development thus known JavaScript.
I think a language like Python or Ruby would be a better choice. A lot of devs know a *bit* of Javascript, mostly jQuery or something like that for dealing with DOM and doing a few simple operations. Most devs probably write a thousand lines in their language of choice and then half a dozen in JS. For me, JS is kind of exactly like VimL - I've used both a bit when I had no other choice but never enough to remember the idioms and be comfortable with them, because I may use either of them for a few hours and then I won't touch them for weeks or months. I think that's true for most devs. Even though I've never used Ruby at all, essentially for me there would be no difference if Ruby or JS replaced VimL. But VimL ought to be replaced.. If python or ruby became main Vim scripting languages, so many good, powerful plugins and plugin libraries would be created. -ak -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
