Re: [JS-internals] Dogfood via node in our build scripts?

2013-07-27 Thread Steve Fink
On Fri 26 Jul 2013 12:29:10 PM PDT, Brendan Eich wrote: > Steve Fink wrote: >> (2) writing JS still feels clunky in comparison to writing >> Python, > > What's missing in your experience? That question deserves a proper response, but it's tough remembering the issues when I'm not actively hacking

Re: [JS-internals] Dogfood via node in our build scripts?

2013-07-27 Thread Andrew Sutherland
On 07/26/2013 02:20 PM, Steve Fink wrote: Not in my opinion. It's common to be on a system with python and without Node. Node is definitely not a default install in most distro's, but at this point that's probably as much because node.js is still undergoing a high rate of change and the packa