It's really hard to trust Microsoft even for Javascript. That road is full of carcasses of abandoned/half backed implementation from Jscript to JScript.Net to Managed JScript - every a couple of years they come up with a new version of Javascript implementation only to see it wither and die.
On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Jeff Hardy <jdha...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Vernon Cole <vernondc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > JavaScript is, I must admit, a better language than JCL. But compared to > > Python? Gimme a break! > > Python is a better language, but at this point in time, if they can > only pick one, JavaScript is a better business decision. Plus, as of > ES5, JavaScript is actually quite usable. The JavaScript language > itself is not bad (with some bizarre quirks), but the DOM APIs that it > is usually bound to taint people's opinion of the language. > > > On the other hand, if MS were to "unsupport" IronPython then they could > no > > longer keep us from submitting patches, could they? > > No, they couldn't, assuming they stopped distributing it as well. > However, until we know more about the fate of Microsoft's IronPython, > it's all just speculation. > > - Jeff > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@lists.ironpython.com > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > -- nomadlife.org
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