On Jul 26, 2011, at 3:28 PM, BGB <cr88...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/26/2011 9:05 AM, David Barbour wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:50 AM, BGB <cr88...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> whether or not compiling to bytecode is itself an actually effective
>> security measure, it is the commonly expected security measure.
>>
>> Is it? I've not heard anyone speak that way in many, many years. I think
>> people are getting used to JavaScript.
>>
>
> for web-apps maybe, but it will likely be a long time before it becomes
> adopted by commercial application software (where the source-code is commonly
> regarded as a trade-secret).
Worth pointing out that server side JS dodges this "problem." Now that Node is
out there, people are actually starting to do stuff with JS that doesn't run on
the client, so it's happening... whether or not it's a real qualitative
improvement for anyone.
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