If they did agree on one it would probably be C++, so let's not go down that road!
I don't see what's so bad about having JavaScript as a compilation target. On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Carl Jokl <carl.j...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I must confess I am not so fond of dynamic typing. I like the fact >> that the compiler can catch a lot of mistakes at compile time in a >> statically typed language. > > I understand that. There are excellent arguments for using both static > and dynamically typed languages. I think we've all heard them by now. > No point rehashing them. People that feel strongly about using > strongly typed languages are not going to like JavaScript. > >> I can appreciate many like dynamically >> typed languages. What is annoying at the moment is that people simply >> have no choice. If the scripting engine provided an intermediate >> format that compilers could target then developers could use what they >> prefer. > > More choice would be good, but I don't see it happening. Most people > won't use a new browser-supported programming language unless it is > supported by at least IE, Firefox, Chrome and Safari. It's hard to > imagine the groups that control those browsers agreeing on a new > language to support. > > -- > R. Mark Volkmann > Object Computing, Inc. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
