The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 5 months agoIs that bad?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square288fedilinkarrow-up11.34Karrow-down110
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down4·5 months ago Ok, in a browser is fine. JavaScript was never fit for purpose even in a browser. We could’ve had Python or Scheme in the browser instead, but nooooo, Brandon Eich had to be fucking incompetent.
minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoThere was an older alternative with PS and Tcl from Sun. I don’t know if I would like that more.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoGonna be real, Lua would have been perfect for this. I get what you’re saying about netscape though,
minus-squareflamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoWhat are you talking about, giving one of the only programming languages where binary sizes matters a tiny standard library is a great idea!
JavaScript was never fit for purpose even in a browser. We could’ve had Python or Scheme in the browser instead, but nooooo, Brandon Eich had to be fucking incompetent.
There was an older alternative with PS and Tcl from Sun. I don’t know if I would like that more.
Gonna be real, Lua would have been perfect for this. I get what you’re saying about netscape though,
What are you talking about, giving one of the only programming languages where binary sizes matters a tiny standard library is a great idea!