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by bendavis381 2840 days ago
So presumably you write all your non-web stuff in machine code? Compilers are pretty common.
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navaati 2840 days ago
What ? Interpreters are pretty common in the non-web world too…
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TekMol 2840 days ago
Server side code is different as the server usually starts an interpreter that compiles the file on-the-fly in case it changed since the last pageview.
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matt_kantor 2840 days ago
> the server usually starts an interpreter that compiles the file on-the-fly

You may already be aware of this, but you can set up the same workflow for frontend development (if you have a compilation step). "Watch mode" seems to be the popular nomenclature for this in the JavaScript community.

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eyko 2840 days ago
In production? I think I'm misreading your comments.
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Sharlin 2840 days ago
Not all people do code anything else than JS web stuff these days.
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