I obviously disagree, and think that's a pretty dismissive comment.
> A standard existing just to have a standard is far better than every browser implementing its own scripting language.
We shouldn't be stuck with a language just because one person decided to invent a language in 7 days over 26 years ago for the internet at the time, and now we are stuck with that language forever with a VERY different internet. I would like to think in 10 years time we can move to a web where people have a choice of language.
And that doesn't mean what you imply - which is that every browser has it's own scripting language - because it's possible to architect an environment which allows for multiple programming languages in the browser (see bytecode, JVM, CLI, webassembly).
Is it really that naive to think that's a better way forwards?
I obviously disagree, and think that's a pretty dismissive comment.
> A standard existing just to have a standard is far better than every browser implementing its own scripting language.
We shouldn't be stuck with a language just because one person decided to invent a language in 7 days over 26 years ago for the internet at the time, and now we are stuck with that language forever with a VERY different internet. I would like to think in 10 years time we can move to a web where people have a choice of language.
And that doesn't mean what you imply - which is that every browser has it's own scripting language - because it's possible to architect an environment which allows for multiple programming languages in the browser (see bytecode, JVM, CLI, webassembly).
Is it really that naive to think that's a better way forwards?