Re: When did Javascript become a serious language?

2013-12-08 Thread Dave Smith
Yes indeed. The evolution of JavaScript from red-headed stepchild to its present state has been a surprising journey. I predict a day in the not-too-distant future where JavaScript will become the assembly language (or byte code) of the web, both client side and server side. We’re already seein

Re: When did Javascript become a serious language?

2013-12-08 Thread justin
On Saturday, December 7, 2013, Eric Wald wrote: > On Dec 7, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > > One thing that I admit I am struggling with, is the idea of functions not > > returning values. Obviously, this isn't a limitation in the language > > itself and more a matter of style. But it seems like most of