roadmap looks good
roadmap looks good
Posted Jun 10, 2005 16:58 UTC (Fri) by elanthis (guest, #6227)In reply to: roadmap looks good by b7j0c
Parent article: Brendan Eich Outlines Roadmap Plans for 1.8 and Beyond (MozillaZine)
JavaScript is every bit as powerful as a language like Python, and in many ways even more powerful. There's no good call to stop using JavaScript. What you may be refering to is the extensive library Python has, which could be provided for JavaScript as well, and would be something I'd personally prefer to see happen rather than switching to a much more complex and rather unstable (in terms of features/syntax/library/etc) platform like Python.
Posted Jun 10, 2005 17:29 UTC (Fri)
by b7j0c (guest, #27559)
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also i find it difficult over time to understand why a distinct language syntax must exist in each problem domain. what you perceive as the unique strengths of javascript are the DOM bindings, which other langs have. dealing with the specific syntactic differences and quirky behavioural differences between lanugages over time has become more annoyance than benefit.
Posted Jun 10, 2005 18:47 UTC (Fri)
by jwb (guest, #15467)
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Javascript normally gets the job done, and it has a good terse representation, but I agree that scoping and some other important features are unclear. Perl-in-Moz would be a lot of fun, and Python-in-Moz would draw plenty of adherents as well.
Posted Jun 13, 2005 11:25 UTC (Mon)
by jamesh (guest, #1159)
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Posted Jun 10, 2005 19:45 UTC (Fri)
by TwoTimeGrime (guest, #11688)
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Posted Jun 10, 2005 20:01 UTC (Fri)
by allesfresser (guest, #216)
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Posted Jun 10, 2005 20:03 UTC (Fri)
by niner (subscriber, #26151)
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javascript doesn't even have predictable behavior for declaration of variables...yes it is a powerful language but to tell me it is as powerful as/more powerful than python ruby etc is difficult for me to swallow.roadmap looks good
Internet Explorer has long been able to use languages other than Javascript to manipulate the browser DOM. See Windows Scripting Host. I've previously used Javascript, VBScript, Perl, and even Tcl inside Internet Explorer.roadmap looks good
Given that Python can't be reliably sandboxed in-process, you probably won't ever see it available for use embedded in web pages (that is, unless an alternative implementation like Jython is used).roadmap looks good
And Javascript doesn't have any official documentation. There's lots of javascript tutorials and stuff around the net but nothing definitive that says "this is the official doc".roadmap looks good
Wouldn't the ECMA standard be sort of an official document to provide that sort of foundation? Or is that just a bare-bones "authoritative in theory but next-to-useless in practice" document?roadmap looks good
ECMAScript standard (which JavaScript is a superset of)roadmap looks good
http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/...
JavaScript:
http://www.mozilla.org/js