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by mtkd 3357 days ago
when I said JS - this was exactly the myopic view I was referencing

all roads lead back to where it all started - that higher-level OS interaction cul-de-sac - it's a cul-de-sac

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I see what you're saying, and it certainly is a cul-de-sac...

but what if it is a surface layer built out of those languages and frameworks? Even if it's not optimized and technologically eloquent, it's already being rammed through now with libraries like Google's A-Frame.

Myopic maybe, but only from a select perspective. Those languages have been the most democratizing in CS history. They're the ones a lot of people seem to be the least intimidated by, at least at the outset.

I'm sure it will come back down to lower-level work because the higher level processes will soon require it. That said, I don't personally foresee some new, young group yet writing a viable alternative to Windows, macOS, Linux or any variants thereof. There's little point, and the battle would be a hard one to win. It's much easier to tame new ground in order to make one's place. That aspect shouldn't be underestimated in its influence.

> Those languages have been the most democratizing in CS history.

People who lived through the home computer revolution would probably suggest BASIC for that title.

I'm too young to comment properly (sadly, only just). Though I'll admit that was the first language I learned in high school outside the Turing learning language.