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by jack9 3573 days ago
> Despite all these efforts, JavaScript still falls behind if compared to other programming languages and will have a very hard time catching up.

Wat? This statement is devoid of reason or proof. I hate javascript, but at least explain that Browser adoption + momentum is why people aren't writing client code in python yet.
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Gxorgxo 3573 days ago
Thanks for you feedback jack9, maybe I haven't made myself clear enough.

I think the reason we aren't writing client code in Python yet is at least partially explained later in the article. Even if all browser vendors decided to adopt a new language (say Python) we would still have to support all the older versions around. That's why WebAssebmly is such a great innovation: there's one single compilation target and we can write code in any language suits our needs.

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jomamaxx 3573 days ago
It's pretty rational to say that JS will have a 'hard time catching up' - all you have to do is look at the upcoming specs and see where it will be 'in theory' in a few years, and it's still far behind other languages.
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